[CMake] qt .qrc file modifications require two builds

[Michael Jackson]

On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Glenn Hughes wrote:

> Really? How could it? Suppose I only have 1 qrc file, named foo.qrc:
> wouldn't these two lines be equivalent?
>
> FILE (GLOB my_RESOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "res/ 
> *.qrc"  )
> SET( my_RESOURCES "res/foo.qrc")
>
> ???
> TIA
> G
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM, John Drescher  
> <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The CMake script in question looks more or less like:
>>>
>>> FILE (GLOB my_RESOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "res/ 
>>> *.qrc"  )
>>> QT4_ADD_RESOURCES( my_RESOURCES_SOURCES ${my_RESOURCES} )
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>> It's always best to not do any file globbing and add each file by
>> hand. I believe this is causing the problem.
>>
>> John
>>

I wont debate the merits of FILE(GLOB.. ) but looking back through the  
mail list archives FILE (GLOB ..) leads to more problems for more  
people than it probably solves. I would stay away from it unless you  
have some pretty special circumstances.

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