[CMake] Documentation does not include --check-build-system

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 29 November 2011, J Decker wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Alexander Neundorf
> 
> <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
> > On Monday 28 November 2011, J Decker wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Alexander Neundorf
> >> 
> >> <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
> >> > On Saturday 26 November 2011, J Decker wrote:
> >> >> I don't find any documentation on the command that cmake uses with a
> >> >> cmake -E --check-build-system .... Does this option happen to set any
> >> >> specific cmake variable indicating that it is doing a check build?
> >> >> 
> >> >> I'm inquiring and I saw a post about it before
> >> >> http://www.kwwidgets.org/Bug/view.php?id=2133   (closed)
> >> >> 
> >> >> about someone saying it might be nice to be able to bypass the
> >> >> cmake_check_build_system rule in the makefile.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I would like to make building this project a single click interface.
> >> >> - in the cmake script I can define some options to build all, install
> >> >> or package during the configure.  But if I do, then the first thing
> >> >> that is done is the cmake script is processed again (which it already
> >> >> was), which triggers the make again, which calls cmake, etc.  I could
> >> >> test to see if's a phase that isn't --check-build-system and do the
> >> >> command?
> >> >> 
> >> >> Also I think I'd really just like to be the last thing done on a
> >> >> 'generate' in the cmake-gui (not entirely sure what the difference is
> >> >> between configure and generate).
> >> > 
> >> > "Configure" basically processes the CMakeLists.txt, "Generate" then
> >> > generates the Makefiles/project files.
> >> 
> >> Right; but there's apparently no way for a script to know if it is
> >> being configured or generated?  - or build-checked?
> > 
> > which script do you mean ?
> > The CMakeLists.txt files ?
> > They are so to say always processed in the configure-phase.
> 
> so that is to imply there's no way to inject into the generate phase?

Yes.
What do you want to do ?

Alex