<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi.<br><br></div>I've never worked with ExternalProject myself, so I can't comment with certainty, but from what I understand, the correct way of using ExternalProject is to add your own project as an ExternalProject as well. Basically, the toplevel CMakeList becomes a superbuild which *only* does ExternalProject_Add() calls and does not add any libraries/executables directly. After you build the superbuild once to get all the dependencies correct, you switch to the "external" project of your own code and work with that normally.<br><br></div>Petr<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Yu Jing <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yujing5b5d@gmail.com" target="_blank">yujing5b5d@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I had asked in <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25841602" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25841602</a>  , someone told me maybe here is a better place to ask.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am writing a project base on crfpp , a external project. I use cmake to integerate this project as follow .</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">firstly , I add a extenal project like this:</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
            CRFPP_EX_PROJ
            GIT_REPOSITORY git@github</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">com</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">yujing5b5d</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">crfpp</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">git
            PREFIX $</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">{</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">}</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
            CONFIGURE_COMMAND </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">./</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">configure
            BUILD_COMMAND make </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">-</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">j8
            BUILD_IN_SOURCE </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">1</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
            INSTALL_COMMAND cp </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">libs</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">libcrfpp</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">a $</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">{</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">PROJECT_BINARY_DIR</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">}/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">lib </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">&&</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> cp crfpp</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">h $</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">{</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">PROJECT_BINARY_DIR</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">}/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">include 
    </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">this will generate some .a file and copy a header file <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">crfpp.h</code> to folder <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include</code> , which is included in my project.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">and then , use the <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include</code> as include path as follow .</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
    $</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">{</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">}/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">include
    $</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">{</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">PROJECT_BINARY_DIR</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">}/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">include
</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">finally , when I compile the main project , code like this :</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">ADD_EXECUTABLE</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake_sample main</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cc</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
ADD_DEPENDENCIES</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake_sample CRFPP_EX_PROJ</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake_sample crfpp</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">In general , if I just build a build folder, compile like this :</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">..</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
make</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">It may works fine, compile the external project first , and copy the header file to desired place , and then continue compile <a href="http://main.cc" target="_blank">main.cc</a> in my project . But if I use compile command as multi-thread like this :</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">..</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
make </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">-</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">j8</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial initial">It will not works because my <a href="http://main.cc" target="_blank">main.cc</a> and the external project are processed at same time, so it report a error like this :</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/Users/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">yu</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,145,175);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">Workspace</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">res</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake_sample</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">src</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">main</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cc</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">3</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">10</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> fatal error</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">'crfpp.h'</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> file </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,139);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">not</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> found
</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,128,128);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">#include</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">"crfpp.h"</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,128,128);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">// crfpp</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
         </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">^</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(128,0,0);background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">1</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"> error generated</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">crfpp.h</code> will generated after <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">CRFPP_EX_PROJ</code> , but in multi-thread environment , the sequence is quite different .</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">My Question is : Is it possible that force let my project compile after these external projects all finished . BE CAREFUL , I'm not sure is this the problem of my use of <code style="margin:0px;padding:1px 5px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial">ADD_DEPENDENCIES</code> , I also wrote</p><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding:5px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;overflow:auto;width:auto;max-height:600px;word-wrap:normal;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;white-space:inherit;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">ADD_DEPENDENCIES</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">(</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">cmake_sample CRFPP_EX_PROJ</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">)</span></code></pre><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">but it seems not works ?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thanks for any help.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:17.8048000335693px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p></div><br>--<br>
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