Hi,
what exactly is the difference between the following both variants of adding an
executable and sources to a project? I probably should add that for both
versions the build happens via a custom command added via
add_custom_command( TARGET ${cmake_target} POST_BUILD ... )
Hence I set all source files to header files only such that you cannot rebuild
source files accidentally.
While the following variant gives me for Visual Studio 2017 a properly working
project
# working properly
add_executable(${cmake_target} ${sources})
set_source_files_properties(${sources} PROPERTIES HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE)
this version fails to rebuild the project when something has changed
# fails to build again when something changed!
add_executable(${cmake_target})
if(sources)
target_sources(${cmake_target} PRIVATE ${sources})
set_source_files_properties(${sources} PROPERTIES HEADER_FILE_ONLY
TRUE)
endif()
When comparing the generated files for both variants I somehow fail to see any
difference which could cause this difference in behavior.
In the documentation for add_custom_command(TARGET .) I see the mentioning
"If the target is already built, the command will not execute."
Which might explain the behavior of the second variant. But why is the
rebuilding working as expected in the first variant?
Thanks for any insights,
Ali
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