ExternalProjectDependency

Global Variables

EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DIR

This variable describes the directory in which external project files matching <EXTERNAL_PROJECT_FILE_PREFIX><projectname>.cmake expression are globbed.

EXTERNAL_PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_DIR

If set, this variable represents an other directory in which external project files are searched for if not already found in EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DIR.

EXTERNAL_PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_DIRS

If set, this variable represents additional directories in which external project files are searched for if not already found in EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DIR and EXTERNAL_PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_DIR.

EXTERNAL_PROJECT_FILE_PREFIX

This variable describes the prefix of the external project files looked up in EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DIR. It defaults to External_.

SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT

This variable can be set to explicitly identify the name of the top-level project. If not set, it default to the value of CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME.

EP_LIST_SEPARATOR

This variable is used to separate list items when passed in various external project ..._COMMAND options.

If defaults to ^^.

EP_GIT_PROTOCOL

The value of this variable is controlled by the option <SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT>_USE_GIT_PROTOCOL automatically defined by including this CMake module. Setting this option allows to update the value of EP_GIT_PROTOCOL variable.

If enabled, the variable EP_GIT_PROTOCOL is set to git. Otherwise, it is set to https. The option is enabled by default.

The variable EP_GIT_PROTOCOL can be used when adding external project. For example:

ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
  ${${proj}_EP_ARGS}
  GIT_REPOSITORY "${EP_GIT_PROTOCOL}://github.com/Foo/Foo.git"
  [...]
  )

Functions

mark_as_superbuild
mark_as_superbuild(<varname1>[:<vartype1>] [<varname2>[:<vartype2>] [...]])
mark_as_superbuild(
    VARS <varname1>[:<vartype1>] [<varname2>[:<vartype2>] [...]]
    [PROJECTS <projectname> [<projectname> [...]] | ALL_PROJECTS]
    [LABELS <label1> [<label2> [...]]]
  )
PROJECTS corresponds to a list of <projectname> that will be added using 'ExternalProject_Add' function.
         If not specified and called within a project file, it defaults to the value of 'SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT'.
         If instead 'ALL_PROJECTS' is specified, the variables and labels will be passed to all projects.

VARS is an expected list of variables specified as <varname>:<vartype> to pass to <projectname>


LABELS is an optional list of label to associate with the variable names specified using 'VARS' and passed to
       the <projectname> as CMake CACHE args of the form:
         -D<projectname>_EP_LABEL_<label1>=<varname1>;<varname2>[...]
         -D<projectname>_EP_LABEL_<label2>=<varname1>;<varname2>[...]
ExternalProject_DeclareLabels
ExternalProject_DeclareLabels(
    [PROJECTS <projectname> [<projectname> [...]] | ALL_PROJECTS]
    LABELS <label1> [<label2> [...]]
  )
PROJECTS corresponds to a list of <projectname> that will be added using 'ExternalProject_Add' function.
         If not specified and called within a project file, it defaults to the value of 'SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT'.
         If instead 'ALL_PROJECTS' is specified, the variables and labels will be passed to all projects.

LABELS is a list of label to pass to the <projectname> as CMake CACHE args of the
         form -D<projectname>_EP_LABEL_<label>= unless specific variables
         have been associated with the labels using mark_as_superbuild.
ExternalProject_Message
ExternalProject_Message(<project_name> <msg> [condition])
ExternalProject_Add_Dependencies
ExternalProject_Add_Dependencies(<project_name>
    DEPENDS <dep1> [<dep2> [...]]
  )
DEPENDS  List of additional dependencies to associat with `<project_name>`.
ExternalProject_Include_Dependencies
ExternalProject_Include_Dependencies(<project_name>
    [PROJECT_VAR <project_var>]
    [EP_ARGS_VAR <external_project_args_var>]
    [DEPENDS_VAR <depends_var>]
    [USE_SYSTEM_VAR <use_system_var>]
    [SUPERBUILD_VAR <superbuild_var>]
    [CMAKE_GENERATOR <cmake_generator>]
    [CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM <cmake_generator_platform>]
    [CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET <cmake_generator_toolset>]
  )
PROJECT_VAR Name of the variable containing the name of the included project.
            By default, it is `proj` and it is set to `<project_name>`.

EP_ARGS_VAR Name of the variable listing arguments to pass to ExternalProject.
            If not specified, variable name default to `<project_name>_EP_ARGS`.

DEPENDS_VAR Name of the variable containing the dependency of the included project.
            By default, it is `<project_name>_DEPENDS`.


USE_SYSTEM_VAR Name of the variable indicating if the system version of <project_name>
               should be looked up. Lookup of the project is left to the developer implementing
               the external project file.
               By default, it is `<SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT>_USE_SYSTEM_<project_name>`.

SUPERBUILD_VAR Name of the variable indicating if the top-level or inner project is being built.
               By default, it is `<SUPERBUILD_TOPLEVEL_PROJECT>_SUPERBUILD`.


CMAKE_GENERATOR
CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET These three options allow to overwrite the values set in the top-level project that
                        would otherwise automatically be propagated to dependent projects.
ExternalProject_Add_Empty
ExternalProject_Add_Empty(<project_name>
    DEPENDS <depends>
  )
ExternalProject_Install_CMake

Install an external CMake-based project as part of the install target.

ExternalProject_Install_CMake(<project_name>)

This causes building the main project’s install target to also execute the CMake install script for the specified external project. The project must be previously declared with ExternalProject_Add.

ExternalProject_SetIfNotDefined

Set a variable to its default value if not already defined.

ExternalProject_SetIfNotDefined(<var> <defaultvalue> [OBFUSCATE] [QUIET])
If NOT already defined, the variable <var> is set with:
  1. the value of the environment variable <var>, if defined.
  2. the value of the local variable variable <var>, if defined.
  3. if none of the above is defined, the <defaultvalue> passed as a parameter.

Passing the optional parameter ‘OBFUSCATE’ will display ‘OBFUSCATED’ instead of the real value. Passing the optional parameter ‘QUIET’ will not display any message.

For convenience, the value of the cache variable named <var> will be displayed if it was set and if QUIET has not been passed.

ExternalProject_AlwaysConfigure

Add a external project step named forceconfigure to project_name ensuring the project will always be reconfigured.

ExternalProject_AlwaysConfigure(<project_name>)