[CMake] Native build system invocation

[Roman Yakovenko]

On 12/26/06, Thompson, David C <dcthomp at sandia.gov> wrote:
> I don't know that I would advise what you're trying to do,
>  but if you insist :-)

I will be glad to know other possible solutions :-)

> you might be interested in using
>  the value of CMAKE_GENERATOR. There's a list of the values
>  it takes on, as well as some information about scripts that
>  Kitware uses to automate builds on the CMake Wiki:
>     http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Scripting_Of_CTest
>  You could have CMake write the value of CMAKE_GENERATOR to
>  a file that your python script reads after invoking CMake
>  and uses to run the native build system.

I think I have better idea: is it possible to create "compile" test with CTest?
This test does nothing, just compiles all projects in debug\release mode.
CTest also aware of native build system so it seems like a perfect solution to
me.

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Roman Yakovenko
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