[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012214]: The "output_required_files" command generates empty dependency files

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=12214 
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Reported By:                Mohamad Sindi
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12214
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-05-23 02:38 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-05-23 02:38 EDT
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Summary:                    The "output_required_files" command generates empty
dependency files
Description: 
According to the "Mastering CMake" book 4th edition, the "output_required_files"
command should take a source file and produce a list of all other source file it
depends on. So far I tried it with Fortran source files and it didn't work, it
basically creates an empty file which supposedly should contain a list of source
file dependencies. 

I found this post online as well which covers the same issue and apparently no
solution from anyone so far:
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2009-September/031904.html

Does the command actually work or it's something that the author's of the book
are still planning to implement?

I would appreciate it if the authors of the book Bill Hoffman or Ken Martin can
kindly comment on this and perhaps give us a simple example on how to get this
working.

Thank you for your help.

Mohamad Sindi
Saudi Aramco
EXPEC Advanced Research Center
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Issue History 
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2011-05-23 02:38 Mohamad Sindi  New Issue                                    
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