(0038338)
Brad King (manager)
2015-03-26 16:24

Interesting. This would do for Ninja what the IMPLICIT_DEPENDS option does for Makefile generators.

Since the behavior is specific to Ninja perhaps it should be called NINJA_DEPFILE.

(0038339)
Ben Boeckel (developer)
2015-03-26 16:28

Here is a command which would benefit from this: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/56 [^]

Ah, if it would be Ninja-specific, then yes. May as well support NINJA_DEPFORMAT if someone wants to write MSVC-style dependency info as well for some reason (or someone had another format coded up *whistles*).

(0039952)
Marco Clemencic (reporter)
2015-12-04 09:22

Hi,

I found this feature request while looking for Ninja + IMPLICIT_DEPENDS.

I have projects with code generation steps, in some cases from C/C++ files (for which I can use IMPLICIT_DEPENDS), in others from XML (for which there is no way to generate dependencies at build time).

The kind of feature requested here would help me a lot, but it should not be restricted to one generator, rather it should use a generic format that all generators can convert to their specific formats.

I use CMake because it's portable I a would prefer not to write configuration files with switches that depend on the generator used (already the fact that IMPLICIT_DEPENDS only work for Makefile is very annoying).

Cheers
Marco

(0042745)
Kitware Robot (administrator)
2016-06-10 14:29

Resolving issue as `moved`.

This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-03-26 16:05	Ben Boeckel	New Issue
2015-03-26 16:24	Brad King	Note Added: 0038338
2015-03-26 16:28	Ben Boeckel	Note Added: 0038339
2015-12-04 09:22	Marco Clemencic	Note Added: 0039952
2015-12-04 09:30	Brad King	Relationship added	related to 0013234
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042745
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Status	new => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Resolution	open => moved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Assigned To	=> Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31	Kitware Robot	Status	resolved => closed

Notes
(0038338) Brad King (manager) 2015-03-26 16:24	Interesting. This would do for Ninja what the IMPLICIT_DEPENDS option does for Makefile generators. Since the behavior is specific to Ninja perhaps it should be called NINJA_DEPFILE.

(0038339) Ben Boeckel (developer) 2015-03-26 16:28	Here is a command which would benefit from this: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/56 [^] Ah, if it would be Ninja-specific, then yes. May as well support NINJA_DEPFORMAT if someone wants to write MSVC-style dependency info as well for some reason (or someone had another format coded up whistles).

(0039952) Marco Clemencic (reporter) 2015-12-04 09:22	Hi, I found this feature request while looking for Ninja + IMPLICIT_DEPENDS. I have projects with code generation steps, in some cases from C/C++ files (for which I can use IMPLICIT_DEPENDS), in others from XML (for which there is no way to generate dependencies at build time). The kind of feature requested here would help me a lot, but it should not be restricted to one generator, rather it should use a generic format that all generators can convert to their specific formats. I use CMake because it's portable I a would prefer not to write configuration files with switches that depend on the generator used (already the fact that IMPLICIT_DEPENDS only work for Makefile is very annoying). Cheers Marco

(0042745) Kitware Robot (administrator) 2016-06-10 14:29	Resolving issue as `moved`. This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.