[CMake] Problems with EnternalProjectAdd

[Workbench@gmx.at]

I played around a bit a now have the following:

set(BUILD_ENV "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_env" CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
set(LIBRARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib" CACHE STRING INTERNAL)

     ExternalProject_Add(
         freetype
         PREFIX "${BUILD_ENV}/freetype"
         GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git"
         GIT_TAG 64bit
         BUILD_COMMAND "cd ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype/src/freetype && 
./autgen.sh && ./configure && make"
         LOG_DOWNLOAD ON
         LOG_INSTALL ON
         LOG_CONFIGURE ON
         LOG_BUILD ON
         LOG_TEST ON
         LOG_INSTALL ON
         )

The logs are telling me: CMake Error: The source directory 
"/home/stuv/data/projects/programming/bsUltimate/build/build_env/freetype/src/freetype" 
does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.

Isn't the BUILD_COMMAND there if there is no CMakeLists.txt file 
available for building ? not many project provide cmake build files....


best regards!






On 19.02.19 06:43, Michael Ellery wrote:
> CMAKE_BUILD_DIR is not a standard variable (did you mean CMAKE_BINARY_DIR ?) - and the error seems to indicate that the variable is indeed empty so it tries to create the project directory at the root level.
>
> -Mike
>
>> On Feb 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Workbench at gmx.at <workbench at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> i try to install my dependencies with ExternalProjectAdd but it gives me troubles... what's wrong with
>>
>>
>>      ExternalProject_Add(
>>          freetype
>>          PREFIX "${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype"
>>          GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git"
>>          GIT_TAG 64bit
>>          BUILD_COMMAND "cd ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype/src/freetype && ./autgen.sh && ./configure && make"
>>          LOG_DOWNLOAD ON
>>          LOG_INSTALL ON
>>          LOG_CONFIGURE ON
>>          LOG_BUILD ON
>>          LOG_TEST ON
>>          LOG_INSTALL ON
>>          )
>>
>> best regards!
>>
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