[CMake] EXTERNAL cache entries

Miklos Espak m.espak at ucl.ac.uk
Thu Feb 19 11:31:04 EST 2015


The workaround I found was to delete the configure time stamp file. It is
not very nice, though, so better suggestions are welcome.

On 19 February 2015 at 15:47, Miklos Espak <m.espak at ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in CMakeCache.txt the entries are divided into two sections, external and
> internal cache entries.
>
> What does exactly get into the external section, and when does this
> section get updated?
>
> The CMake cache of my project has some external cache entries that come
> from an external project. If I update the external project and build it to
> a different location, the values in the cmake cache (in my project) are not
> updated, and still contain the old path. (Where the EP was built
> previously.)
>
> Is there a way to regenerate the external entries of the CMake cache
> somehow?
>
> Cheers,
> Miklos
>
>
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