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-rw-r--r-- | Help/command/add_custom_command.rst | 44 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Help/release/3.16.rst | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Help/release/3.17.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 59 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst index 576ed5b..69d6e9a 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst @@ -112,26 +112,42 @@ The options are: build time. ``DEPENDS`` - Specify files on which the command depends. Entries in the ``DEPENDS`` - argument list which may also be target names are assumed to be target names, - so only entries which contain a path separator are detected as file paths. + Specify files on which the command depends. Each argument is converted + to a dependency as follows: + + 1. If the argument is the name of a target (created by the + :command:`add_custom_target`, :command:`add_executable`, or + :command:`add_library` command) a target-level dependency is + created to make sure the target is built before any target + using this custom command. Additionally, if the target is an + executable or library, a file-level dependency is created to + cause the custom command to re-run whenever the target is + recompiled. + + 2. If the argument is an absolute path, a file-level dependency + is created on that path. + + 3. If the argument is the name of a source file that has been + added to a target or on which a source file property has been set, + a file-level dependency is created on that source file. + + 4. If the argument is a relative path and it exists in the current + source directory, a file-level dependency is created on that + file in the current source directory. + + 5. Otherwise, a file-level dependency is created on that path relative + to the current binary directory. + If any dependency is an ``OUTPUT`` of another custom command in the same - directory (``CMakeLists.txt`` file) CMake automatically brings the other + directory (``CMakeLists.txt`` file), CMake automatically brings the other custom command into the target in which this command is built. A target-level dependency is added if any dependency is listed as ``BYPRODUCTS`` of a target or any of its build events in the same directory to ensure the byproducts will be available. - If ``DEPENDS`` is not specified the command will run whenever + + If ``DEPENDS`` is not specified, the command will run whenever the ``OUTPUT`` is missing; if the command does not actually - create the ``OUTPUT`` then the rule will always run. - If ``DEPENDS`` specifies any target (created by the - :command:`add_custom_target`, :command:`add_executable`, or - :command:`add_library` command) a target-level dependency is - created to make sure the target is built before any target - using this custom command. Additionally, if the target is an - executable or library a file-level dependency is created to - cause the custom command to re-run whenever the target is - recompiled. + create the ``OUTPUT``, the rule will always run. Arguments to ``DEPENDS`` may use :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. diff --git a/Help/release/3.16.rst b/Help/release/3.16.rst index 0d1cc1e..e2d6788 100644 --- a/Help/release/3.16.rst +++ b/Help/release/3.16.rst @@ -277,3 +277,29 @@ Other Changes * When using :variable:`CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS` on Windows the auto-generated exports are now updated only when the object files providing the symbols are updated. + +Updates +======= + +Changes made since CMake 3.16.0 include the following. + +3.16.2 +------ + +* CMake 3.16.0 and 3.16.1 processed ``.hh`` files with :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`. + This was a behavior change from CMake 3.15 and below that can break + existing projects, so it has been reverted as of 3.16.2. + +3.16.5 +------ + +* The :module:`FindPython`, :module:`FindPython2`, and :module:`FindPython3` + modules no longer create cache entries for ``Python{,2,3}_LIBRARY_RELEASE`` + and ``Python{,2,3}_LIBRARY_DEBUG``. Those values are always computed from + other results and so should not be cached. The entries were created by + CMake 3.16.0 through 3.16.4 but were always ``FORCE``-set and could not + be meaningfully edited by users. + + Additionally, the modules no longer expose their internal ``_Python*`` + cache entries publicly. CMake 3.16.0 through 3.16.4 accidentally + made them visible as advanced cache entries. diff --git a/Help/release/3.17.rst b/Help/release/3.17.rst index f4ca9a1..bb8203e 100644 --- a/Help/release/3.17.rst +++ b/Help/release/3.17.rst @@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ Modules * The :module:`FindPython3` and :module:`FindPython` modules gained, respectively, variable ``Python3_SOABI`` and ``Python_SOABI`` giving - the standard extension suffix for modules. + the standard extension suffix for modules. Moreover, commands + ``Python3_add_library`` and ``Python_add_library`` gained the option + ``WITH_SOABI`` to prefix the library suffix with the value of ``SOABI``. * The :module:`FindLibXml2` module now provides an imported target for the ``xmllint`` executable |