SWIG generated .cxx file location issue.

[Hugh Sorby]

I am wrapping a library with SWIG and using CMake to generate the build
scripts for me, this is all working really well.  My issue is the
location of the generated .cxx files.
I have my code laid out as follows:

swig/interface/*.i <-- swig interface files
python/CMakeLists.txt  <-- Python CMakeLists.txt file
build-python2.7 <-- binary build directory

In the python/CMakeLists.txt I have a source file defined relative to
the current cmake directory, like so:

set(SRC_FILE ../swig/interface/context.i)

When I execute the build command in build-python2.7 the generated .cxx
files are created in the swig/interface directory.  This is in the
source tree and I do not want them there.  So my question is how do I
stop those intermediate .cxx files from being created in my source
tree?  or How do other users stop those intermediate .cxx files from
being created in their source tree?

Thanks,
Hugh.
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[felix]

Hm strange.
I use the swigmodule a lot and it creates my .cxx files in the binary-dir; but I have no relative path in the name of the
interface file.

Have you tried to use an absolute path like

set(SRC_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/swig/interface/context.i)

?
Relative paths are always a little bit cumbersome; what happens if your build tree is far away from the source tree?

Felix

[Hugh Sorby]

Finally, I have got around to this again.

My problem is that my swig files are a sibling directory of the python
where the CMakeLists.txt file is so I specify the relative path using '..'
If I try and pass through the absolute path of the swig interface files
I get a CMake error telling me it cannot find the source file!  It is
trying to append the absolute path onto the current CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR.  
Which in my case is not a substring of the absolute source file string.

If my build tree is located anywhere else, then the directory
../interface probably won't exist and the build will fail when it tries
to compile an interface file.

Thanks for you suggestion Felix.

On 09/27/12 09:42, felix wrote:

> Hm strange.
> I use the swigmodule a lot and it creates my .cxx files in the binary-dir;
> but I have no relative path in the name of the
> interface file.
>
> Have you tried to use an absolute path like
>
> set(SRC_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/swig/interface/context.i)
>
> ?
> Relative paths are always a little bit cumbersome; what happens if your
> build tree is far away from the source tree?
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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[Hugh Sorby]

Hi,

I'm still having problems with this.  It seems my swig is not creating
the output directory for the swig generated cxx file.  To get this to
work I have had to add a further make_directory command to the custom
command to create the required output directory before the file is swigged.

I have done some testing and I cannot get any swig output if the .i file
is not in the same directory as the CMakeLists.txt file.  Any ideas?

For reference:

cmake version 2.8.10
swig 2.0.8


On 09/27/12 09:42, felix wrote:

> Hm strange.
> I use the swigmodule a lot and it creates my .cxx files in the binary-dir;
> but I have no relative path in the name of the
> interface file.
>
> Have you tried to use an absolute path like
>
> set(SRC_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/swig/interface/context.i)
>
> ?
> Relative paths are always a little bit cumbersome; what happens if your
> build tree is far away from the source tree?
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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