cmake does not create build files in current directory but in ~/Projects/indi

[Vulisha]

Describe the bug
Usually build has been made in directory where you are located, for some reason now build files are written to project root.

To Reproduce

mkdir -p ~/Projects/build/indi-core
cd ~/Projects/build/indi-core
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ~/Projects/indi
make -j4
sudo make install

OR

cd ~/Projects/indi
./developer-build.bash

results in

-- The following components are going to be built:
-- ## INDI Server
-- ## INDI Drivers, Tools, and Examples
-- ## INDI Client
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/astroberry/Projects/indi

-- Build files have been written to: /home/astroberry/Projects/indi
[Build target not found ](make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.)

Expected behavior
Should build from directory specified not in ~/Projects/indi

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: RpiOS
• Bullseye

[pawel-soja]

Can anyone confirm the problem?
I'm testing on Debian Bullseye

mkdir /tmp/Projects
cd /tmp/Projects
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/indilib/indi.git

mkdir -p /tmp/Projects/build/indi-core
cd /tmp/Projects/build/indi-core
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug /tmp/Projects/indi

Output

-- The following components are going to be built:
-- ## INDI Server
-- ## INDI Drivers, Tools, and Examples
-- ## INDI Client
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /tmp/Projects/build/indi-core

Folder contents

/tmp/Projects/build/indi-core$ ls -l
total 176
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel 33746 Dec  6 13:28 CMakeCache.txt
drwxr-xr-x  4 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 CMakeFiles
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel  5120 Dec  6 13:28 cmake_install.cmake
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel   205 Dec  6 13:28 config.h
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel    88 Dec  6 13:28 config-usb.h
drwxr-xr-x 14 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 drivers
drwxr-xr-x 11 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 examples
drwxr-xr-x  3 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 indiserver
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel   130 Dec  6 13:28 indiversion.h
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel   303 Dec  6 13:28 libindi.pc
drwxr-xr-x 13 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 libs
-rw-r--r--  1 pawel pawel 93725 Dec  6 13:28 Makefile
drwxr-xr-x  3 pawel pawel  4096 Dec  6 13:28 tools

Everything looks ok

[pawel-soja]

Oh, I think I know what happened to you.
If you execute the cmake command in the root projects directory, the configuration process will be performed and will stay there. Re-running cmake in a different location will not change the build location.

mkdir /tmp/Projects
cd /tmp/Projects
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/indilib/indi.git

# mistake
cd indi
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug /tmp/Projects/indi

# configuration still in project root
mkdir -p /tmp/Projects/build/indi-core
cd /tmp/Projects/build/indi-core
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug /tmp/Projects/indi

Output

-- The following components are going to be built:
-- ## INDI Server
-- ## INDI Drivers, Tools, and Examples
-- ## INDI Client
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /tmp/Projects/indi

Folder contents

/tmp/Projects/build/indi-core$ ls -l
total 0

Solution

You can check what untracked files you have:

git clean -nX

And remove them:

git clean -fX

[Vulisha]

Hi Pawel, I guess QTCreator 5 would be the one to blame here, as I use it as well together with bash. I did git stash before I built but I guess it does not remove all the files.

 git clean -nX
Would remove CMakeCache.txt
Would remove Makefile
Would remove cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/Makefile
Would remove drivers/agent/Makefile
Would remove drivers/agent/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/auxiliary/Makefile
Would remove drivers/auxiliary/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/ccd/Makefile
Would remove drivers/ccd/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/dome/Makefile
Would remove drivers/dome/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/filter_wheel/Makefile
Would remove drivers/filter_wheel/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/focuser/Makefile
Would remove drivers/focuser/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/receiver/Makefile
Would remove drivers/receiver/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/rotator/Makefile
Would remove drivers/rotator/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/telescope/Makefile
Would remove drivers/telescope/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/telescope/libindilx200.so
Would remove drivers/telescope/libindilx200.so.1
Would remove drivers/telescope/libindilx200.so.1.9.9
Would remove drivers/video/Makefile
Would remove drivers/video/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove drivers/weather/Makefile
Would remove drivers/weather/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/Makefile
Would remove examples/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_eight/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_eight/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_five/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_five/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_four/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_four/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_one/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_one/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_seven/Makefile
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Would remove examples/tutorial_three/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_three/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove examples/tutorial_two/Makefile
Would remove examples/tutorial_two/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove indiserver/Makefile
Would remove indiserver/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove install_manifest.txt
Would remove libindiclient.a
Would remove libindidriver.a
Would remove libindidriver.so
Would remove libindidriver.so.1
Would remove libindidriver.so.1.9.9
Would remove libindilx200.so
Would remove libindilx200.so.1
Would remove libindilx200.so.1.9.9
Would remove libs/alignment/Makefile
Would remove libs/alignment/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/alignment/libindiAlignmentClient.a
Would remove libs/alignment/libindiAlignmentDriver.so
Would remove libs/alignment/libindiAlignmentDriver.so.1
Would remove libs/alignment/libindiAlignmentDriver.so.1.9.9
Would remove libs/alignment/libindi_Nearest_MathPlugin.so
Would remove libs/alignment/libindi_SVD_MathPlugin.so
Would remove libs/dsp/Makefile
Would remove libs/dsp/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/eventloop/Makefile
Would remove libs/eventloop/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/fpack/Makefile
Would remove libs/fpack/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/hid/Makefile
Would remove libs/hid/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/indiabstractclient/Makefile
Would remove libs/indiabstractclient/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/indibase/Makefile
Would remove libs/indibase/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/indibase/libindidriver.a
Would remove libs/indibase/libindidriver.so
Would remove libs/indibase/libindidriver.so.1
Would remove libs/indibase/libindidriver.so.1.9.9
Would remove libs/indiclient/Makefile
Would remove libs/indiclient/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/indiclient/libindiclient.a
Would remove libs/indiclient/libindiclient.so
Would remove libs/indiclient/libindiclient.so.1
Would remove libs/indiclient/libindiclient.so.1.9.9
Would remove libs/indicore/Makefile
Would remove libs/indicore/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/indidevice/Makefile
Would remove libs/indidevice/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/sockets/Makefile
Would remove libs/sockets/cmake_install.cmake
Would remove libs/sockets/libsockets.a
Would remove tools/Makefile
Would remove tools/cmake_install.cmake

After I run -fX command it is written to correct directory.

-- Build files have been written to: /home/astroberry/Projects/build/indi-core

Maybe we could add git clean -fX as an option to build script and add this guide to readme, as this confused me completely.