Brad King wrote: > On 09/23/2012 01:52 PM, Stephen Kelly wrote: >> In investigating moving the linking-relevant API from cmTarget to >> cmGeneratorTarget, I found that the export() command generates target >> files at configure time, not at generate time. >> >> If it generated the files at generate time, I would be able to make >> progress moving the linking-relevant API. > > It would also avoid problems with projects changing target properties > after the export() call and wondering why the target info does not > match. > > Be sure to coordinate with Alex and Yury's export-sets-2 topic.
Yes, I think the export-sets-2 topic is aiming for 2.8.10 anyway, so I'll start from master when 2.8.11 opens. > >> I can't think of any reason for the fact that it currently generates the >> files at configure time to be useful. Any objection to changing that? > > Not for 2.8.10, please. The internal cleanup can wait. Yes. > > How would APPEND mode work? I'll look into it. Thanks, Steve. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
