make install do not install the modified models if cmake is note called in advance

[GiulioRomualdi]

I noticed that if I don't call cmake . make install does not install the models

cc @traversaro

[Nicogene]

I noticed that if I don't call cmake . make install does not install the models

cc @traversaro

If I am not mistaken it is not possible to do make without configuring it afterwards. or at least you can but it will do nothing

[traversaro]

The problem is that all the copy operation from the source to the build directory are done at CMake configure time (i.e. when cmake is called, see

ergocub-software/urdf/CMakeLists.txt

Line 30 in 91efee5

file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${BUILD_PREFIX} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})

). To copy files at build time (i.e. when make is called) one should define custom target to do the copy (see for example https://discourse.cmake.org/t/copying-config-specific-paths-at-build-time/4776/4), ideally defining appropriately the file on which the copy depends. I am not sure if the additional complexity at the CMake code level is worth the gain in usability.