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authorRaul Tambre <raul@tambre.ee>2020-08-15 18:53:15 (GMT)
committerRaul Tambre <raul@tambre.ee>2020-08-20 14:41:52 (GMT)
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file(GENERATE): Add TARGET argument
Adds TARGET argument to file(GENERATE) to make resolving generator expressions requiring a target possible. Implements #21101, fixes #21074.
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@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ modified.
file(GENERATE OUTPUT output-file
<INPUT input-file|CONTENT content>
- [CONDITION expression])
+ [CONDITION expression] [TARGET target])
Generate an output file for each build configuration supported by the current
:manual:`CMake Generator <cmake-generators(7)>`. Evaluate
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ from the input content to produce the output content. The options are:
with respect to the value of :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR`.
See policy :policy:`CMP0070`.
+``TARGET <target>``
+ Specify target which to use when evaluating generator expressions. Enables
+ use of generator expressions requiring a target.
+
Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific
``OUTPUT`` file may be named by at most one invocation of ``file(GENERATE)``.
Generated files are modified and their timestamp updated on subsequent cmake