[CMake] Make project name a target

[David Cole]

When you say "make the project name a target" what do you mean by that?
(1) internally create a CMake target with the given name?
(2) create a makefile target with that name that builds all the cmake
targets in that cmake project?
(3) something else?

(1) is probably not feasible for most folks -- because many people use the
same name for their PROJECT statement and the main library or executable for
that project.... which is already a cmake target (and a makefile target)
with that name.


On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Marcel Loose <loose at astron.nl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering whether it's a good idea to make the project name (i.e.
> the argument to the 'project' command) a target.
>
> Rationale: I have a project that consists of numerous sub-projects and I
> would like to be able to build some of these separately. Wrapping the
> 'project' command in a macro is not a solution, because AFAIK CMake
> *must* see a 'project' command in the top-level CMakeLists.txt file; a
> 'myproject' macro, wrapping the 'project' command, will not do.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Best regards,
> Marcel Loose.
>
>
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