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authorSylvain Joubert <joubert.sy@gmail.com>2017-07-04 11:10:19 (GMT)
committerSylvain Joubert <joubert.sy@gmail.com>2017-07-07 13:46:35 (GMT)
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Help: Explicitly state that some file generations are lazy
Fixes: #16856
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@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ either ``#define VAR 1`` or ``#define VAR 0`` similarly.
If the input file is modified the build system will re-run CMake to
re-configure the file and generate the build system again.
+The generated file is modified and its timestamp updated on subsequent
+cmake runs only if its content is changed.
The arguments are: