[CMake] Passing -j (or other make flags) to make?

Michael Jackson mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Wed Dec 17 13:25:26 EST 2008


CMake just generates the Makefiles. It does _not_ actually call make.  
That is up to you to do or some build script. If you are using a build  
script to actually fire off the build process then inside that script  
would be the appropriate place to add the -j flags.

HTH
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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio



On Dec 17, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Tyler Roscoe wrote:

> Is there a way to set flags for make from my CMakeLists.txt?
>
> Specifically, I have a cluster of build machines and I would like each
> of them to use a specific -j flag. (I would set the -j flag in a
> "global" cmake file where I set up things like project-wide -D flags  
> and
> third-party library locations.)
>
> -j is a make option, not a compiler option, so I can't use
> ADD_DEFINITIONS or CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS.
>
> I couldn't find anything with google. This old thread talks about
> $(MAKEFLAGS) but setting that variable doesn't seem to help me:
>
> http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2003-October/004398.html
>
> Is this possible? Or do I need to make a wrapper script to set up  
> extra
> options for make?
>
> Thanks,
> tyler
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