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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to add a prebuild custom command to a NMake
target, but it doesn’t appear to be running in the right place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Here’s an example:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'> CMakelists.txt:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>Project(Hello)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>add_library
(Hello hello.cxx hello.h)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>add_custom_command(TARGET
Hello PRE_BUILD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>
ARGS -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Hello.cmake<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'> Hello.cmake<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> MESSAGE(“Hello.cmake
ran”)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, I would hope that the Hello.cmake file would get run
first, but it appears to be run as if it is a POST_BUILD.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>$ cmake.exe -G "NMake
Makefiles" .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>... stuff ..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>$ nmake<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance
Utility Version 8.00.50727.762<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Copyright (C) Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>[100%] Building CXX object
CMakeFiles/Hello.dir/hello.obj<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>hello.cxx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Linking CXX static library
Hello.lib<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Prebuild rule ran<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>[100%] Built target Hello<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>Joe@HARMONY
/c/Devel/SVN/trunk/build/test/qq/Hello<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Doesn’t PRE_BUILD request that that command gets run
before the hello.cxx file gets compiled?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p>
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