[CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
Dear List,
I'm using a file glob to extract a list of xml files to pass to a custom
target to generate
a pot file with getttext, most of the heavy lifting is handled by a
Macro.
include(FindMsgfmt)
macro (MakePot BIN_NAME CPP_SOURCES XML_SOURCES)
set(CPP_SRCS ${CPP_SOURCES})
set(XML_SRCS ${XML_SOURCES})
set(POT_FILE ${BIN_NAME}.pot)
if (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Adding Target Potfile: ${POT_FILE})
if (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++ --force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o
${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS}
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=Glade --force-po
-j -o
${POT_FILE} ${XML_SRCS} )
else (XML_SRCS) add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++ --force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o
${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS})
endif(XML_SRCS)
add_dependencies(${POT_FILE} ${XML_SOURCES} ${CPP_SRCS})
else (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Cannot find xgettext)
endif(XGETTEXT_FOUND)
endmacro (MakePot POT_NAME)
The only problem is, if the list of xml files changes (e.g. a deletion)
the cmake
cache doesn't get regenerated and thus the xml files are not reglobbed
and so the
custom command fails.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nick Davidson
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Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On 15.09.10 12:34:43, Nick Davidson wrote:
Dear List,
I'm using a file glob to extract a list of xml files to pass to a custom
target to generate
a pot file with getttext, most of the heavy lifting is handled by a
Macro.
include(FindMsgfmt)
macro (MakePot BIN_NAME CPP_SOURCES XML_SOURCES)
set(CPP_SRCS ${CPP_SOURCES})
set(XML_SRCS ${XML_SOURCES})
set(POT_FILE ${BIN_NAME}.pot)
if (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Adding Target Potfile: ${POT_FILE})
if (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++ --force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o
${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS}
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=Glade --force-po
-j -o
${POT_FILE} ${XML_SRCS} )
else (XML_SRCS) add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++ --force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o
${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS})
endif(XML_SRCS)
add_dependencies(${POT_FILE} ${XML_SOURCES} ${CPP_SRCS})
else (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Cannot find xgettext)
endif(XGETTEXT_FOUND)
endmacro (MakePot POT_NAME)
The only problem is, if the list of xml files changes (e.g. a deletion)
the cmake
cache doesn't get regenerated and thus the xml files are not reglobbed
and so the
custom command fails.
Any suggestions?
Don't use a glob (list the files individually) or remember to touch the
cmakelists.txt file after adding new files. I don't think there's a way to
have cmake re-run when calling just make within cmakelists.txt.
Andreas
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Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
Whoops, forgot to reply on list, sorry!
From: cmake-boun...@cmake.org
[mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Pakulat
Sent: 15 September 2010 13:03
To: cmake@cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On 15.09.10 12:34:43, Nick Davidson wrote:
Dear List,
I'm using a file glob to extract a list of xml files to pass to a
custom target to generate a pot file with getttext, most of
the heavy
lifting is handled by a Macro.
include(FindMsgfmt)
macro (MakePot BIN_NAME CPP_SOURCES XML_SOURCES)
set(CPP_SRCS ${CPP_SOURCES})
set(XML_SRCS ${XML_SOURCES})
set(POT_FILE ${BIN_NAME}.pot)
if (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Adding Target Potfile: ${POT_FILE})
if (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS}
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=Glade
--force-po -j -o ${POT_FILE} ${XML_SRCS} )
else (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS})
endif(XML_SRCS)
add_dependencies(${POT_FILE} ${XML_SOURCES} ${CPP_SRCS})
else (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Cannot find xgettext)
endif(XGETTEXT_FOUND)
endmacro (MakePot POT_NAME)
The only problem is, if the list of xml files changes (e.g. a
deletion) the cmake cache doesn't get regenerated and thus the xml
files are not reglobbed and so the custom command fails.
Any suggestions?
Don't use a glob (list the files individually) or remember to touch
the cmakelists.txt file after adding new files. I don't think there's
a way to have cmake re-run when calling just make within
cmakelists.txt.
Ok, but why doesn't adding the files as dependencies work?
The glob is stored in the cache - fine, there isn't a way for Cmake to
automatically figure out what files it should check to see if anything
has changed. Having added those files as dependencies of the target that
uses the glob manually then surely it's just a list of files?
Is there a fundamental difference between a list variable made from
a globbed set of files and a list made from a manually specified set?
Andreas
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Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Nick Davidson n...@toby-churchill.comwrote:
Whoops, forgot to reply on list, sorry!
From: cmake-boun...@cmake.org
[mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Pakulat
Sent: 15 September 2010 13:03
To: cmake@cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On 15.09.10 12:34:43, Nick Davidson wrote:
Dear List,
I'm using a file glob to extract a list of xml files to pass to a
custom target to generate a pot file with getttext, most of
the heavy
lifting is handled by a Macro.
include(FindMsgfmt)
macro (MakePot BIN_NAME CPP_SOURCES XML_SOURCES)
set(CPP_SRCS ${CPP_SOURCES})
set(XML_SRCS ${XML_SOURCES})
set(POT_FILE ${BIN_NAME}.pot)
if (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Adding Target Potfile: ${POT_FILE})
if (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS}
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=Glade
--force-po -j -o ${POT_FILE} ${XML_SRCS} )
else (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS})
endif(XML_SRCS)
add_dependencies(${POT_FILE} ${XML_SOURCES} ${CPP_SRCS})
else (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Cannot find xgettext)
endif(XGETTEXT_FOUND)
endmacro (MakePot POT_NAME)
The only problem is, if the list of xml files changes (e.g. a
deletion) the cmake cache doesn't get regenerated and thus the xml
files are not reglobbed and so the custom command fails.
Any suggestions?
Don't use a glob (list the files individually) or remember to touch
the cmakelists.txt file after adding new files. I don't think there's
a way to have cmake re-run when calling just make within
cmakelists.txt.
Ok, but why doesn't adding the files as dependencies work?
The glob is stored in the cache - fine, there isn't a way for Cmake to
automatically figure out what files it should check to see if anything
has changed. Having added those files as dependencies of the target that
uses the glob manually then surely it's just a list of files?
Is there a fundamental difference between a list variable made from
a globbed set of files and a list made from a manually specified set?
There's no indication that a set of files retrieved by glob has changed when
a file is added or removed from a directory. So if the set changes, neither
make nor cmake know that anything is out of date... and nothing re-runs.
The mod time of the file containing the list changes when the manually
specified list changes. Therefore CMake can be re-run by make.
Andreas
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Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On 09/15/2010 05:15 PM, Nick Davidson wrote:
Whoops, forgot to reply on list, sorry!
From: cmake-boun...@cmake.org
[mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Pakulat
Sent: 15 September 2010 13:03
To: cmake@cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] add_dependency on a custom target
On 15.09.10 12:34:43, Nick Davidson wrote:
Dear List,
I'm using a file glob to extract a list of xml files to pass to a
custom target to generate a pot file with getttext, most of
the heavy
lifting is handled by a Macro.
include(FindMsgfmt)
macro (MakePot BIN_NAME CPP_SOURCES XML_SOURCES)
set(CPP_SRCS ${CPP_SOURCES})
set(XML_SRCS ${XML_SOURCES})
set(POT_FILE ${BIN_NAME}.pot)
if (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Adding Target Potfile: ${POT_FILE})
if (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS}
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=Glade
--force-po -j -o ${POT_FILE} ${XML_SRCS} )
else (XML_SRCS)
add_custom_target(${POT_FILE} ALL
COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} --language=C++
--force-po
-kN_ -kNN_:1,2 -o ${POT_FILE} ${CPP_SRCS})
endif(XML_SRCS)
add_dependencies(${POT_FILE} ${XML_SOURCES} ${CPP_SRCS})
else (XGETTEXT_FOUND)
message(STATUS Cannot find xgettext)
endif(XGETTEXT_FOUND)
endmacro (MakePot POT_NAME)
The only problem is, if the list of xml files changes (e.g. a
deletion) the cmake cache doesn't get regenerated and thus the xml
files are not reglobbed and so the custom command fails.
Any suggestions?
Don't use a glob (list the files individually) or remember to touch
the cmakelists.txt file after adding new files. I don't think there's
a way to have cmake re-run when calling just make within
cmakelists.txt.
Ok, but why doesn't adding the files as dependencies work?
The glob is stored in the cache - fine, there isn't a way for Cmake to
automatically figure out what files it should check to see if anything
has changed. Having added those files as dependencies of the target that
uses the glob manually then surely it's just a list of files?
Is there a fundamental difference between a list variable made from
a globbed set of files and a list made from a manually specified set?
Don't use ADD_DEPENDENCIES() to establish a dependency of a target on
files; it's for target interdependencies only. Furthermore, you don't
need a dependency of a custom target on your XML files unless they're
generated by a custom command; custom targets are always out of date
and, thus, rebuilt when they are checked. So, when (re)building, the
target associated with the POT_FILE is (re)built anyway, but at the
moment, it works on the files collected once at configuration time.
However, you can delay the files' collection till build time:
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8 FATAL_ERROR)
PROJECT(GLOB NONE)
FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/glob.cmake
FILE(GLOB_RECURSE g *.cmake)
EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND echo \xgettext ...\ \${g})
)
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(glob ALL
${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/glob.cmake
)
The glob.cmake script is invoked by a custom target at build time,
collects the files and executes a command on them, so there is no
need to reconfigure after the set of collected files has changed.
BTW, wouldn't it be more appropriate to use a custom command for
the pot files' generation?
Regards,
Michael
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