Unconditionally rebuild

[Bert Baselmans]

Hi,
One of my source files contain the macros __DATE__ and __TIME__ to keep track of the build date/time of my project. This source file needs always to be rebuild unconditionally. Is there a way this can be done with the Nordic SDK

Thanks for you help

Bert

[Hieu]

Hi Bert,

You could do that by updating the project's CMakeList.txt file. Here is one Stack Overflow thread on that topic. Could you check it out and see if any options they provide there works for you?

Can CMake always force the compilation/build of a specific file? - Stack Overflow

Hieu

[Bert Baselmans]

Hi Hieu,

CMake is relative new to me so I can't get this solution working. Is there maybe an example available that can help me?

Regards,

Bert

[Hieu]

Hi Bert,

There are no samples, unfortunately. However, I was able to get the main.c file in the Hello World sample to be rebuilt every time by adding the following lines to the project's CMakeList.txt.

add_custom_command(TARGET app
        PRE_BUILD
        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch_nocreate ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main.c) 

Regards,

Hieu

[Bert Baselmans]

Hi Hieu,

That was exactly what I meant.
Thank you very much

Best regards,

Bert

[Hieu]

Hi Bert,

Good to know. It's my pleasure to help.

Best regards,

Hieu