[CMake] Add custom target to create build directory

hahnjo · hahnjo · commit 41dfa1998121 · 2017-11-08T14:31:51.000Z
CMake does a poor job in tracking dependencies on files and directories directly. Create custom target similar to the configuration step. On my system, this avoids the reconfiguration on each build. Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D39298 git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@317694 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/cmake/modules/CrossCompile.cmake b/cmake/modules/CrossCompile.cmake
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ function(llvm_create_cross_target_internal target_name toolchain buildtype)
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD}
     COMMENT "Creating ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD}...")
 
+  add_custom_target(CREATE_LLVM_${target_name}
+                    DEPENDS ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD})
+
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD}/CMakeCache.txt
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
         ${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_${target_name}} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
         -DLLVM_TARGET_IS_CROSSCOMPILE_HOST=TRUE
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD}
-    DEPENDS ${LLVM_${target_name}_BUILD}
+    DEPENDS CREATE_LLVM_${target_name}
     COMMENT "Configuring ${target_name} LLVM...")
 
   add_custom_target(CONFIGURE_LLVM_${target_name}
