[CMake] optional parameters in add_custom_target?

Gregor Jasny gjasny at googlemail.com
Mon May 20 11:29:25 EDT 2019


Hello,

On 20.05.19 16:01, hex wrote:
> What means command1 [args1...]]? Or, should this read
> 
> *add_custom_target(Name [ALL] [COMMAND command1 [args1...]]**
> **   [COMMAND command2 [args2...] ...]*

I believe this is due to backward compatibility (pre 2.6) reasons so 
that you could still write:

add_custom_target(sometarget /bin/true)

Thanks,
Gregor


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