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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We have a simple automated test/build setup. A basic CTestConfig.cmake sets the project name and CTEST_DROP properties and the test server simply runs “ctest –D Nightly” or “ctest –D Experimental” to process a build.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have two problems that I think I could solve if I can work out how to specify additional options for the make command used to do the build. To debug a rare issue we’re having I’d like to be able to use “make –d” and I would also like to be able to perform the build in parallel “make –j8” but run the tests in serial (this seems to rule out using “ctest –j8”)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First I thought I could use the “<a href="http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/ctest.html#opt:--build-options">--build-options</a>” option in CTest but after having no luck and looking at the source it looks like this option is only used when “--build-and-test” is requested perhaps? It appears that a number of these command (eg –build-makeprogram) are only used by CTest when used in conjunction with certain other options and not when using “-D”?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve found some old posts that talk about using a CTest scripting file to set the initial cache value “MAKECOMMAND:STRING=/usr/bin/make -i -j8” or “set(CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND "make -j4 -i") “ – I haven’t had much luck with this so far and am wondering if this is still a valid/recommended approach?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Matt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>