Use source file from CMake ExternalProject as dependency of target

Question

I have an external project that provides source files that I want to use to build an executable. I currently have something like the below:

ExternalProject(myproj)

add_executable(myexecutable source.c) # source.c is provided by myproj
add_depedencies(myexecutable myproj)

It errors and complains that it can't find source.c because it hasn't downloaded the external project yet. Is there a way to tell CMake that source.c comes from the external project?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:30

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I found a solution. Using add_custom_command I can tell CMake to get the external project first.

add_custom_command(OUTPUT source.c DEPENDS myproj COMMAND "")

edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:30

answered Nov 10 '14 at 05:54

Justin Buchanan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '22 at 03:13

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From https://stackoverflow.com/a/59794921/1203241

set_source_files_properties(source.c PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)

answered Jul 15 '22 at 03:13

Fenjin Wang

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Use source file from CMake ExternalProject as dependency of target

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