[CMake] Build cmake child project from cmake parent project

[Magnus Therning]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 06:24:44PM -0500, Aaron Boxer wrote:
> I have cmake two projects, with project 2 added as a git submodule in
> project 1.
> 
> I would like to build project 2 from project 1.
> 
> How can I do this? I tried add_subdirectory, but this is just for adding
> source directories. I want to use the project 2 cmake files to build it.

Have a look at ExternalProject
(http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.12/cmake.html#module:ExternalProject)
it's very likely what you are looking for.

/M


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