[CMake] custom target (kernel modules)

[Alexandru Ciobanu]

Thanks Alan, it works.
=)

Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> On 2007-06-28 10:08-0400 Alexandru Ciobanu wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am trying to build kernel modules with CMake. To do that I
>> use the command below:
>>
>>  add_custom_target ( manager.ko ${kbuild_cmd}
>>     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux
>>     DEPENDS ${src} linux/Kbuild
>>  )
>>
>> The problem is that nobody depends on this custom target and so it is
>> never build when running make.
>>
>> If I use the ALL parameter in add_custom_target() it will always 
>> rebuild it,
>> even if none of source files has changes.
>>
>> So how do I make this work so that it builds when I run make but also
>> builds only when necessary, like any other target add_library(),
>> add_executable(), etc. ?
>
> Use ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND instead with an empty (COMMANDless) 
> ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET
> with the ALL parameter that-file depends on the custom command.
>
> Alan
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