[cmake-developers] [CMake 0013538]: [CMAKE+NINJA] Generated 'build.ninja' seems to be incomplete and fails to build ExternalProjects.

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=13538 
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Reported By:                Miguel FIGUEIREDO
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   13538
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2012-09-14 14:46 WAST
Last Modified:              2012-09-14 14:46 WAST
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Summary:                    [CMAKE+NINJA] Generated 'build.ninja' seems to be
incomplete and fails to build ExternalProjects.
Description: 
I'm building proprietary components and 3rd parties components using
"ExternalProject" : sqlite3, ezxml and Cunit.

My build succeed when I use a "Unix/Makefiles" generator and fails with "Ninja"
generator with the following error message :
"ninja: error: 'vendor/ezxml/staging/lib/libezxml.a', needed by
'vodaccess_depends.c', missing and no known rule to make it".

When I run 'ninja -d explain' into cmake directory, I got :
"[...]
ninja explain: vendor/ezxml/staging/lib/libezxml.a has no in-edge and is missing
ninja explain: vendor/cunit/staging/lib/libcunit.a has no in-edge and is missing
ninja explain: vendor/sqlite3/staging/lib/libsqlite3.a has no in-edge and is
missing
[...]"
corresponding to my ExternalProjects.

Steps to Reproduce: 
Sorry, I do not reproduce the problem outside my environment yet.

Note that I was able to build my ExternalProjects (in standalone) outside my
build environment.

Additional Information: 
I hacked the generated 'build.ninja' file with the following lines :

"build vendor/ezxml/staging/lib/libezxml.a : phony vendor/ezxml/ezxml
build vendor/cunit/staging/lib/libcunit.a : phony vendor/cunit/cunit
build vendor/sqlite3/staging/lib/libsqlite3.a : phony vendor/sqlite3/sqlite3",
and the build proceeds.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2012-09-14 14:46 Miguel FIGUEIREDONew Issue                                    
2012-09-14 14:46 Miguel FIGUEIREDOFile Added: ninja.info.zip                    
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