[CMake] set_directory_properties ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES globbing pattern?

[Steve Lorimer]

Is this just not possible?

On 24 August 2016 at 11:35, Steve Lorimer <steve.lorimer at gmail.com> wrote:

> As part of our build process we tag certain binary files with version
> information such as git branch, number of commits, build variant etc.
>
> Eg, for a binary called "app" we could install a file in the local source
> directory with the name "app.branch_foo.91.debug"
>
> The shell globbing pattern that matches is "app.*[0-9]*"
>
> I need a globbing pattern because the tag can change without the makefiles
> changing, so the tag can't be hardcoded into the makefile.
>
> If I specify a globbing pattern for ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES it
> specifies this as an actual file
>
>     set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES
> app.*[0-9]*)
>
> This results in
>
>     file(REMOVE_RECURSE
>         "../../../app/app.*[0-9]*"
>         ...
>     )
>
> I've tried adding a nested file(GLOB ...) into the
> set_directory_properties but that doesn't work either.
>
> Is it possible to specify a globbing pattern in set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES
> ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ...)?
>
> Is it possible to specify a globbing pattern in file(REMOVE_RECURSE ...)?
>
> TIA
> Steve
>
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