Generic rule from makefile to CMake

Question

I am trying to \"translate\" the flowing vanilla makefile lines into CMake syntax.

SRCS = $(wildcard *.foo)
OBJS = $(SRCS:.foo=.bar)

my_rule: $(OBJS)

%.bar         


        

Answer 1

Your attempt is correct, and it hardly can be significantly improved.

This is just how CMake works: each of its "rules" is concrete; you cannot create a "template rule". The reason for that is platform independence: not every build systems supports "templates" for rules.

On the other side, CMake supports creation of the "rules" within functions/macros. So typing repeated parts can be easily reduced.