The ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies function add some dependencies
for some external project step.
The syntax is:
ExternalProject_Add_Step_Dependencies(<name> <step> [target1 [target2 [...]]])
This function takes care to set both target and file level dependencies,
and will ensure that parallel builds will not break.
It should be used instead of add_dependencies() when adding a dependency
for some of the step targets generated by ExternalProject. See also:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.devel/8680/focus=8926
When adding step targets using ExternalProject_Add_StepTargets, the
STEP_TARGETS argument or the EP_STEP_TARGETS property, ExternalProject
sets all the dependencies for the main project to that target. Due to
this, the update target cannot be used without downloading and building
all the dependencies.
In order to be able to add step targets that do not depend on other
external projects, this patch adds:
* An optional "NO_DEPENDS" argument to the
ExternalProject_Add_StepTargets function. If this argument is set,
then no dependencies are set for the target (file dependencies will
still be set).
* A new argument INDEPENDENT_STEP_TARGETS to the ExternalProject_Add
function and a new directory property EP_INDEPENDENT_STEP_TARGETS that
behave like STEP_TARGETS and EP_STEP_TARGETS, but cause the
ExternalProject_Add_StepTargets to be called with the NO_DEPENDS
argument.
This argument allows to set default arguments that are written in the
initial cache file, but that are not forced, and therefore allows the
user to change these values later (CMAKE_ARGS and CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
always overwrite the values).
Also add some documentation to explain the differences between these 3
arguments.
Extend ExternalProjectLocal test to cover CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS.
Convert ExternalProject module documentation to use explicit markup
blocks for each command. Enumerate command options with definition
lists instead of a literal block. This will allow more detail to be
added later. Also fix the logic that parses options out of the
documentation to be aware of the new layout.
Use a bracket comment to hold the documentation instead of a block of
line comments. This will make further updates easier. Also fix the
logic that parses options out of the documentation to be aware of the
new layout.
Fix the CMP0054 warning:
CMake Warning (dev) at .../Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:242 (if):
Policy CMP0054 is not set: Only interpret if() arguments as variables or
keywords when unquoted. Run "cmake --help-policy CMP0054" for policy
details. Use the cmake_policy command to set the policy and suppress this
warning.
Quoted keywords like "COMMAND" will no longer be interpreted as keywords
when the policy is set to NEW. Since the policy is not set the OLD
behavior will be used.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
.../Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:1938 (_ep_parse_arguments)
CMakeLists.txt:5 (ExternalProject_Add)
by avoiding a reference to "${key}" or "COMMAND" in quotes.
be6a555d Tests: Test setting a generator platform in a toolchain file
d506fee8 Tests: Use -A option to pass generator platform selection
11c9ddd6 ExternalProject: Use -A option to pass generator platform
29bd843e CTest: Use -A option to pass generator platform selection
eb7d8156 cmake: Add -A option to specify a generator platform
Do not check file's hash in download script. If hash will not match
command ``file(DOWNLOAD ...)`` will fail with FATAL_ERROR, ``cmake -P``
will exit with unsuccessful code, and the build will stop. Leave hash
checking to the existing implementation in the verify step.
When the loop was added by commit v3.0.0-rc1~103^2~3 (ExternalProject:
Reattempt download when verification fails, 2015-01-15), we forgot to
actually increment the loop counter. Add the increment line.
When the CMAKE_GENERATOR option is given to ExternalProject_Add, look
also for option CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM to pass on to cmake as a cache
definition. When no CMAKE_GENERATOR option is given explicitly then use
the current project's CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM (since we already use its
CMAKE_GENERATOR).
Also fix .bz2 extension to be .tar.bz2 since we only support compressed
tarballs and not plain compressed files.
Suggested-by: Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike@sf-mail.de>
In commit v3.0.0-rc1~103^2~3 (ExternalProject: Reattempt download when
verification fails, 2014-01-15) a reference to ${CMAKE_COMMAND} was
added to generate a reference to the CMake command in a cmake script.
Escape the '$' so that the literal variable reference appears in the
script instead of writing the path to the current cmake. This is
necessary when the path to CMake contains spaces or other characters
special to CMake syntax.
The matches have already been calculated and can simply be taken from
CMAKE_MATCH_n variables. This avoids multiple compilations of the same or very
similar regular expressions.
When adding a new external project, the "all" target will depend on
this.
This option allows one to add an external project will not be executed
when the "all" target is executed.
The reason for this is that an external project could be useful, for
example, only for running tests, and therefore not necessary during
the build.
When adding a new step using ExternalProject_Add_Step, the main target
will depend on this step.
This option allows one to add a step that will not be executed when the
main target for the external project is executed.
ExternalProject handles git remote branches by commit hash. Due to
this, the git repository ends in detached states, and local commits
are discarded.
Use "git rebase" for remote branches instead of "git checkout". If
there are uncommitted changes, use "git stash save/pop" to save changes
and restore them after the rebase. If any of these operations fails,
try to restore the original status and exit with a fatal error, asking
the user to resolve the conflicts manually.
This also makes the behaviour of ExternalProject using git more similar
to the svn version, and probably more likely to what the user expects
by setting GIT_TAG to a branch.
Teach ExternalProject_Add a new BUILD_ALWAYS option to skip using
the build step stamp file and execute the step on every build.
Extend the BuildDepends test with a case to cover this option.
When downloading an URL with ExternalProject, reattempt the download three
times if the file hash verification fails.
The re-attempt is limited to non-local URL's. The same download CMake script
is re-used after removing any file that resulted from the previous download
attempt. Up to three re-attempts are performed.
Manually revise the .rst format of the documentation. Use inline
literal quotes appropriately in paragraph text. Move the :: literal
block openers to the end of the preceding paragraphs. Convert the
command signature documentation and examples to cmake code-block
directives.
The VS IDE sets the environment variable VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT when
executing build rules in order to tell MS tools to report output through
a back door instead of through stdout/stderr. Unset this variable so
that CMake can capture or properly redirect all output from processes it
runs even when running inside a VS IDE build environment.
This generalizes the special cases fixed by commit 80d045b0 (When
GetPrerequisites.cmake runs dumpbin while running inside the VS IDE...,
2008-05-01) and commit 44aff73d (ExternalProject: Avoid bleed-through
output when logging, 2011-01-06), so drop special handling of
VS_UNICODE_OUTPUT in those instances.
We support multiple commands per external project step by using
the COMMAND keyword. Document this behavior and show an example.
While at it, document that shell operators and current working
directory behavior is not defined.
With
SVN_USERNAME ""
SVN_PASSWORD ""
in an ExternalProject_Add() call, the blank username and password
will be passed to the svn checkout/update step commands.
When the CMAKE_GENERATOR option is given to ExternalProject_Add, look
also for option CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET to select the value of the cmake
"-T" command-line flag. When no CMAKE_GENERATOR option is given
explicitly then use the current project's CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET (since
we already use its CMAKE_GENERATOR).
The ExternalProject_Add DEPENDS option adds two types of dependencies.
It adds a target-level build order dependency between the external
project target and the named targets. It also adds a file-level
dependency on the "done" stamp file of the named external project
targets. Targets not created by ExternalProject_Add have no such stamp
file and no _EP_STAMP_DIR property. Prior to commit d14c0243 (Refactor
repeated code into function, 2012-04-26) we unconditionally accepted an
empty stamp dir and generated a dependency on a non-existent file.
After that commit we generate an error that no stamp dir is set.
Skip the file-level dependency when the named dependency is not an
external project target in order to allow this use case. Teach the
ExternalProject test to cover the case.
In the current default update step for Git under the ExternalProject_Add
command, a 'git fetch' is always performed, followed by a 'git checkout' and
'git submodule update --recursive'. However, a 'git fetch' can be time
consuming and requires a network connection.
To save time, we look at the current checked out hash, and only perform the
fetch if required. This is performed in a CMake script so we can handle
the conditional logic in a cross platform manner.
Make the EXPECTED_HASH option take only a single value instead of two to
avoid handling sub-keyword arguments. This is also consistent with
URL_HASH in ExternalProject.
Daniele E. Domenichelli
Brad King
Matt McCormick
Ruslan Baratov
Alan W. Irwin
Rolf Eike Beer
Gereon Kremer
Kitware Robot
Bill Hoffman
David Cole