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0013591CMakeCMakepublic2012-10-16 07:042013-10-07 10:03
Eric NOULARD 
Peter Kuemmel 
normalminoralways
closedfixed 
CMake 2.8.9 
CMake 2.8.11 
0013591: Ninja: generator fail with multi-line COMMENT in custom command
If one uses a newline character "\n" in a COMMENT of a
custom command/target, the Nija generator will produce an
invalid build.ninja file.

$ cat CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

project(NinjaCustomCommand NONE)

add_custom_target(GotYou ALL
  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo \"Got You\"
  COMMENT "This may \n breaks Ninja")

$ mkdir b
$ cd b
$ cmake -G Ninja ..
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/erk/CMake/Contrib/NinjaAndCustomCommand/b
erk@CT-WDTIM102H:b$ ninja
ninja: error: build.ninja:54: expected '=', got identifier
 breaks Ninja
        ^ near here
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Issue History
2012-10-16 07:04Eric NOULARDNew Issue
2013-02-09 07:01Peter KuemmelSummaryNinja generator fail with multi-line COMMENT in custom command => Ninja: generator fail with multi-line COMMENT in custom command
2013-03-09 05:42Peter KuemmelAssigned To => Peter Kuemmel
2013-03-09 05:42Peter KuemmelStatusnew => assigned
2013-03-09 06:09Peter KuemmelNote Added: 0032550
2013-03-09 06:09Peter KuemmelStatusassigned => resolved
2013-03-09 06:09Peter KuemmelFixed in Version => CMake 2.8.11
2013-03-09 06:09Peter KuemmelResolutionopen => fixed
2013-10-07 10:03Robert MaynardNote Added: 0033986
2013-10-07 10:03Robert MaynardStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0032550)
Peter Kuemmel   
2013-03-09 06:09   
http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=3b4436aa90ba9f56085667d36c0a6c24c55c0cd7 [^]
(0033986)
Robert Maynard   
2013-10-07 10:03   
Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months.