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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f61089a --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS +---------------------- + +Switch for forwarding origin target dependencies to the corresponding +``_autogen`` target. + +Targets which have their :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` or :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` property +``ON`` have a corresponding ``_autogen`` target which is used to auto generate +``moc`` and ``uic`` files. As this ``_autogen`` target is created at +generate-time, it is not possible to define dependencies of it, +such as to create inputs for the ``moc`` or ``uic`` executable. + +The dependencies of the ``_autogen`` target are composed from + +- the origin target dependencies + (by default enabled via :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS`) +- user defined dependencies from :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS` + +:prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS` decides whether the origin target +dependencies should be forwarded to the ``_autogen`` target or not. + +By default :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS` is initialized from +:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS` which is ``ON`` by default. + +See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake +with Qt. |