[CMake] scope of set_source_files_properties?

[Michael Wild]

I actually knew that source file properties are local to the directory, but only because I've been bitten by this already ;-)

Michael

On 23. Mar, 2010, at 13:59 , David Cole wrote:

> Sorry for my misleading answer on this yesterday. Even I, as a CMake
> developer, was surprised by this.....
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 23. Mar, 2010, at 13:33 , Brad King wrote:
>> 
>>> Simmons, Aaron wrote:
>>>> Am I missing something?  The code is below...
>>>> 
>>>> Top-level CMakeLists.txt:
>>>>       cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
>>>>       project(test)
>>>> 
>>>>       set(src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/subdir/test.c)
>>>> 
>>>>       add_subdirectory(subdir)
>>>>       get_source_file_property( temp ${src} COMPILE_FLAGS )
>>> 
>>> Due to historical development reasons, source file properties
>>> are scoped only in the directory where they are set.  Only
>>> targets created by an add_exectuable, add_library, or
>>> add_custom_target commands in the *same* directory (not even
>>> a subdirectory) can see the property of a source file.
>>> 
>>> -Brad
>> 
>> Would be nice if that was mentioned somewhere (preferably in the
>> SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES docs). Or is it just me not being able to read
>> man-pages once again ;-)
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
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