[CMake] What is the proper way to handle additional non-object files generated by compilation?

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2008-05-21 18:25-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote:

> I am finally working again on the CMake language support for Ada (currently
> implemented just for the gcc gnatmake compiler).  One of the issues is the
> gnatmake compiler not only produces *.o object files but also *.ali (Ada
> library information) files, and I haven't figured out how to get the *.ali
> files automatically removed by "make clean" using my Ada language support
> files.
>
> Currently, I am using
>
> SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ...)
>
> to get "make clean" to work for the generated *.ali files, but I am
> concerned this is just a workaround for some limitation in my current Ada
> language support files.
>
> A similar situation appears for Fortran 90 compilers which generate both
> "module" files and standard object files.  I have just proved to my
> satisfaction that "make clean" works for those generated module files (at
> least for cmake-2.6.0 and gfortran module files with the extension .mod that
> are generated by the PLplot build).
>
> If that correct "make clean" result for Fortran module files is set up in
> the CMake Fortran language support files, please point me to the area, and I
> can probably do the rest for the Ada case.

To phrase the question more directly for the Fortran 90 experts here, how
does CMake implement "make clean" for the module files that are generated by
Fortran 90 compilers?  I would really appreciate an answer since I would
like to do something similar for the Ada case.

Alan

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Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).

Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation
for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software
package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of
Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project
(lbproject.sf.net).
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