[CMake] file depending on a target

[Brandon J. Van Every]

William A. Hoffman wrote:
> At 05:38 PM 5/15/2006, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>   
>> So I was right, ADD_FILE_DEPENDENCIES does *not* play properly with DEPENDS in ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND.  Bug or feature?
>>     
>
> All ADD_FILE_DEPENDENCIES does is set OBJECT_DEPENDS on the source.  So, it will
> not cause a custom command to run.  It will cause a .o file to be compiled.  
> It is a different thing than the DEPENDS of a custom command.   Which will add a depend
> to the custom command, and will re-run the custom command if that depend changes.
> OBJECT_DEPENDS currently only affects the building of an object file.
>
>   
I hereby make a feature request, that all dependency mechanisms work 
uniformly.  :-)  Motive: it is easier to write macros when dependencies 
can be handled independently (ha ha, very funny that) and don't have to 
be passed around as arguments to MACROS wrapping ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND.  
This improves automation and readability.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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