[CMake] Cannot add a Dependency to INSTALL Target

[d***@agilent.com]

Under CMakeLists.txt files, I want to add a dependency so Install will run a target



add_custom_target(3rd_party_install ALL)

ADD_DEPENDENCIES(INSTALL 3rd_party_install )



When I run cmake, it complains INSTALL is not defined yet but, it is if I exclude this new depenency



-- Adding 3rd_party_install ALL DEPENDS -complist_install;tcltk_install-

CMake Error at tools/CMakeLists.txt:15 (ADD_DEPENDENCIES):

add_dependencies Adding dependency to non-existent target: INSTALL





-dave b.

[Tyler Roscoe]

Post by d***@agilent.com
Under CMakeLists.txt files, I want to add a dependency so Install will run a target
add_custom_target(3rd_party_install ALL)
ADD_DEPENDENCIES(INSTALL 3rd_party_install )
When I run cmake, it complains INSTALL is not defined yet but, it is if I exclude this new depenency

I believe that INSTALL (along with ALL and CLEAN) are not "real"
targets, so your strategy won't work.

I don't know what the best workaround is, but maybe you could create a
dummy target (fake_install) and add your targets as dependencies on that
dummy target?

tyler

[d***@agilent.com]

Tyler,

What I'm really working is, I want to install debian files ( *.deb files ) during an installation or INSTALL target.

I tried using INSTALL(CODE [SCRIPT].... point to execute_process command but, execute_process does not play nice with this path either.

I prefer to have ALL_BUILD just for compilation and only have one INSTALL but, I'm going with the workaround of using a second fake_install has you suggest.

-dave b.

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Subject: Re: [CMake] Cannot add a Dependency to INSTALL Target

Post by d***@agilent.com
Under CMakeLists.txt files, I want to add a dependency so Install will run a target
add_custom_target(3rd_party_install ALL)
ADD_DEPENDENCIES(INSTALL 3rd_party_install )
When I run cmake, it complains INSTALL is not defined yet but, it is if I exclude this new depenency

I believe that INSTALL (along with ALL and CLEAN) are not "real"
targets, so your strategy won't work.

I don't know what the best workaround is, but maybe you could create a
dummy target (fake_install) and add your targets as dependencies on that
dummy target?

tyler