[CMake] What is the VS10 .rule file generated for each ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND?

[Bill Hoffman]

On 6/25/2011 11:40 AM, Gabriel Petrovay wrote:
> (Using Cmake 2.8.4)
>

I think this was something I just fixed.   There were some cases where 
the rule files were not be created.  If you could post a small example I 
could take a look and see if it is fixed now.

Also, please try the most current RC for 2.8.5.

-Bill

> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Gabriel Petrovay
> <gabipetrovay at gmail.com <mailto:gabipetrovay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     1. What is the rule file?
>     2. What is the logic by which this file is generated?
>
>     I have a list of src files that need to be generated, each by an
>     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND
>
>     in a FOREACH loop:
>
>     FOREACH(SRC ${SRC_LIST})
>
>     // no code here
>
>     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(...)
>
>     // no code here
>
>     ENDFOREACH(SRC)
>
>
>     And all  BUT the first generated SRC files get a SRC.rule file in
>     the same build directory? Why this?
>
>     Moreover, if I look in the vcxproj file generated I see that the
>     <CustomBuild> is slightly different for the first SRC in the list.
>
>     The first <CustomBuild> elements (for the 1st item in SRC_LIST) has
>     as "Include" attribute the relative path (from the current build
>     dir) to the MAIN_DEPENDENCY.
>     The rest <CustomBuild> elements (for the rest items in SRC_LIST)
>     have as "Include" attribute the relative path (from the current
>     build dir) to the SRC.rule file.
>
>     Why is this?
>
>
>
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