Question: Can we override cmake path?

[nesc1]

Hi, quick question, can we override cmake path in a profile or something like that or we need to do the following in order to execute a cmake that is not on the path:

from conans import ConanFile, CMake

 class ExampleConan(ConanFile):
     ...

     def build(self):
         cmake = CMake(self)
         self.run('/my/custom/path/to/cmake "%s" %s' % (self.source_folder, cmake.command_line))
         self.run('/my/custom/path/to/cmake --build . %s' % cmake.build_config)
         self.run('/my/custom/path/to/cmake --build . --target install')

Thanks

[SSE4]

Hi @nesc1
it was recently implemented in #4298 (docs conan-io/docs#1025), and probably, will be available in next release. CMake class will accept new argument called cmake_program.

[nesc1]

Thanks @SSE4 , so for now i can assume that i need to use self.run('path/to/cmake ...') right?

There is no profile environment ([env]) like for example CONAN_CMAKE_GENERATOR to override the default generator?

[SSE4]

yes, I believe until next release, there is no variable to do this. you probably may try to change PATH, so it has custom CMake path before others.

[nesc1]

Thanks @SSE4 for the quick reply

(would not it be also useful to be possible to define it on a profile, something like CONAN_CMAKE_CMAKE... or something like that?)

[memsharded]

Have you tried to customize the PATH in the profile, or just play with the PATH system env-var?

Yes, the CONAN_CMAKE_PROGRAM will be possible to set it in a profile. That is merged, you might try to run from latest develop release in TestPyPI:

$ pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ conan

[nesc1]

Thank you @memsharded, i will try both suggestions.