[CMake] out of source build problems

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Fri Oct 15 11:06:13 EDT 2004


Kent Williams wrote:
> OK I know this is a stupid question, because I've solved it before, but 
> have forgotten what I did.
> 
> I put a CMakeLists.txt file in a directory, lets call it 'A'
> I make a directory for an out of source build, called 'B'
> I do this:
> 
> cd B
> ccmake ../A
> 
> The problem is that the CMakeCache.txt and CMakeCCompiler.CMake and the 
> rest of the CMake dandruff goes into directory 'A' and not directory 'B'

This means you have a CMakeCache.txt left in A.  You should obtain a 
pristine copy of the source tree.  I'll add this to the FAQ when I get a 
chance.

-Brad


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