[CMake] Win: Dependency for def file missing

[Bill Hoffman]

Martin Apel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am generating a DLL under Windows using a def file. The def file
> itself is generated. It seems that CMake (2.6.3rc5) does not generate a
> dependency between the generated def file and the DLL. When I change the
> input, from which the def file is generated, the def file is rebuilt,
> but not the DLL itself. The code looks as follows:
> 
>   SET(DefFile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FortranInterface.def)
>   ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${DefFile}
>                      COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE}
> ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/create_dll_exports_file.pl
>                      --export-file=${DefFile} --so-name=FortranInterface
>                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/FortranInterfaceExport.txt
>                      DEPENDS
> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/FortranInterfaceExport.txt
>                      )
> 
>   ADD_LIBRARY(FortranInterface SHARED ${DefFile} ${FortranSrc})
>   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(FortranInterface ${MY_LIBS})
>   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(FortranInterface PROPERTIES
> LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
> 
>   SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${DefFile} PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
> 
> To me this looks like a bug in CMake. Can somebody confirm, that this is
> a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> 
What version of VS are you using?   Also, nmake or VS IDE?

-Bill