testing is required.

Author: Dilawar Singh

pymoose/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ else(APPLE)
 endif()
 
 add_custom_command(TARGET _moose POST_BUILD
-  COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py bdist --skip-build
+  COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py bdist_dumb 
+    -d ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} --format=gztar --skip-build --quiet
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
   VERBATIM)
 

setup.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
+import datetime
 
 #### TEST IF REQUIRED TOOLS EXISTS.
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
@@ -16,9 +17,8 @@
 try:
     cmakeVersion = subprocess.check_output(["cmake", "--version"])
     print("[INFO ] CMake found: %s" % cmakeVersion.decode('utf8'))
-    
 except Exception as e:
-    print(f"[ERROR] cmake is not found. Please install cmake.", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("[ERROR] cmake is not found. Please install cmake.")
     quit(-1)
 
 
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
 
 # Global variables.
 
-sdir_ = Path().absolute()
-builddir_ = sdir_ / '_build'
+sdir_ = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
+stamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')
+builddir_ = sdir_ / ('_build_%s' % stamp)
 builddir_.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 numCores_ = os.cpu_count() - 1