[CMake] Redefine target in nested project

[Marcel Loose]

Hi Alex,

Yes, I think this issue more or less covers what I want as well.
In fact, I would like 'make check' to behave the same way as 'make
test', which can also be invoked from any directory in the build tree.
However, my 'make check' target also does a (re)compile of the test
programs, whereas 'make test' only executes them.

I don't want to go down the path of creating Makefile only CMakeLists
files, using ALLOW_DUPLICATE_CUSTOM_TARGETS, because at some time, we
might start using IDE's like Eclipse or KDevelop.

Best regards,
Marcel Loose.

On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 21:16 +0200, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Monday 27 April 2009, Marcel Loose wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering whether it's possible to somehow redefine an existing
> > target within a nested project. Let me give an example.
> >
> > Suppose my CMake project has the following structure
> >
> > bigproject
> >   subproject_1
> >   subproject_2
> >
> > where bigproject, subproject_1 and subproject_2 are all CMake projects
> > (i.e., their CMakeLists.txt files all contain a project() command).
> >
> > Now, suppose there's some generic target (e.g. 'check') that I would
> > like to be defined for each of these projects, such that I can do
> >
> >   $ cd /path/to/build/directory/bigproject && make check
> >
> > but also
> >
> >   $ cd /path/to/build/directory/bigproject/subproject_1 && make check
> >
> > Is this possible at all?
> 
> Is it this issue ?
> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=6348
> 
> Alex
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