c++ - What is the name of CMake's default build target?

Question

I have a custom target, and I want it to depend on the default target (the one that is built with make).

add_custom_target(foo ....)
add_dependency(foo default_target_name_goes_here)

What is the name of the default target?

I've tried ALL, ALL_BUILD, MyProjectsName, DEFAULT,...

Finding anything in the CMake documentation is always an unsuccessful adventure...

UPDATE: it seems CMake was designed in such a way that this is extremely hard to fix/implement: bugreport getting +1's since 2009. Who indeed would like to have a custom target that depends on, for example, the all target? Or in other words: who does ever write make && make test?...

Answer 1

The default build target does not exist as a CMake target at CMake configure time. It is only exists in the generated build system. Therefore it is not possible to have the default target depend on a custom target.