Build type override

[alaurenzi]

Should be possible to override the build type from a recipe, e.g.

build:
  type: cmake
  args: 
    - -DDCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=""

[alaurenzi]

Should be true after 6b6ace5, to be tested @MarcoRuzzon

[MarcoRuzzon]

this works as expected, DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE in the recipe overrides the command line argument.

The problem is that this happens only if not cmake.is_configured() (line 41 6b6ace5), in fact only in this case the cmake_args is updated with options from command line arguments and recipe entries. Should line 41 also include force_configure as a condition?

[alaurenzi]

My idea was to never change the cmake cache after it has been created.. I remember this used to cause a lot of confusion (and frustration) with the superbuild

[MarcoRuzzon]

So the only way to reconfigure a project would be to delete the cache. I agree that this is a nice practice. Maybe it could be useful to add tools to clear the cache.