[CMake] add_test() and DEBUG_POSTFIX

[David Cole]

If you use the NAME/COMMAND signature form of add_test, the COMMAND may be a target name, and if it doesn't "just work" at that point, it is a bug.

Also, for multi-config generators, you may need to use -C Release or -C Debug on the ctest command line to run the correct configuration.


On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Nils Gladitz <gladitz at sci-vis.de> wrote:

> The second parameter to add_test is an executable name (it may be a script or executable which may not even be build by cmake) rather than a target name so I'd say this is by design.
> 
> Nils
> 
> On 03/25/2013 02:15 PM, Martin Baute wrote:
>> I did not get any feedback on this, so please excuse me asking again:
>> 
>> Is it by design that adding a DEBUG_POSTFIX to executables makes CMake
>> miss those very same executables when running "make test"?
>> 
>> It is a bit awkward having to chose between either:
>> 
>> A) having no postfix with executables, i.e. debug executables overwriting
>> release executables on installation
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> B) not having "make test" work properly when building anything else but
>> the default / release build type.
>> 
>> Regards,
> 
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