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0013374CMakeCMakepublic2012-07-03 21:062016-06-10 14:31
ReporterJoe Drago 
Assigned ToPeter Kuemmel 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake 2.8.8 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0013374: Ninja: support cmake_depends
DescriptionIt looks like the makefile/NMakefile/jom generators leverage cmake's build-in command cmake_depends in order to generate header dependencies, but the new ninja generator doesn't use this, and instead has specific support for VS. I deal with a large cmake project at work which uses a compiler that is not based in either gcc or comes from MS, and in order for header deps to work at all, we depend on the jom generator's cmake_depends feature.

Is there any way to add a (global?) option for the ninja generator which uses the cmDependsC/cmake_depends calls for implicit deps instead of requiring either -MMD compiler support or cmcldeps?
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-07-03 21:06Joe DragoNew Issue
2012-07-04 03:12Peter KuemmelNote Added: 0029903
2012-07-04 03:13Peter KuemmelSeverityminor => feature
2012-07-04 03:13Peter KuemmelStatusnew => confirmed
2012-07-04 11:41Joe DragoNote Added: 0029905
2012-08-13 08:46Peter KuemmelNote Added: 0030469
2012-08-13 08:46Peter KuemmelAssigned To => Peter Kuemmel
2012-08-13 08:46Peter KuemmelStatusconfirmed => backlog
2013-02-09 06:57Peter KuemmelSummarycmake_depends support for ninja => Ninja: support cmake_depends
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042079
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => resolved
2016-06-10 14:28Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0029903)
Peter Kuemmel   
2012-07-04 03:12   
Currently ninja doesn't support cmake_depends.
The only way to support cmake_depends is to patch the cmake generator.

Does your compiler has a option to print out the included headers?
Maybe we could extend cmcldeps compiler support.
(0029905)
Joe Drago   
2012-07-04 11:41   
There is a way to print the included headers to stderr, but that isn't incredibly useful. If there was a way to offer my own (complete) command line for cmcldeps, I could wrap that functionality in a script that would generate a valid deps file.
(0030469)
Peter Kuemmel   
2012-08-13 08:46   
feature request
(0042079)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:28   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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