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-rw-r--r--Modules/UseSWIG.cmake8
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@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ Defines the following command for use with ``SWIG``:
configuration-specific files generated by ``SWIG``. All build
configurations must result in the same generated source file.
+ .. note::
+
+ For Make-based generators, ``swig_add_library`` does not track file
+ dependencies, so depending on the ``<name>_swig_compilation`` custom target
+ is required for targets which require the ``swig``-generated files to
+ exist. Other generators may depend on the source files that would be
+ generated by SWIG.
+
``TYPE``
``SHARED``, ``MODULE`` and ``STATIC`` have the same semantic as for the
:command:`add_library` command. If ``USE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`` is specified,