[cmake-developers] export() generates files at configure time

[Stephen Kelly]

Brad King wrote:

> On 09/23/2012 01:52 PM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
>> In investigating moving the linking-relevant API from cmTarget to
>> cmGeneratorTarget, I found that the export() command generates target
>> files at configure time, not at generate time.
>> 
>> If it generated the files at generate time, I would be able to make
>> progress moving the linking-relevant API.
> 
> It would also avoid problems with projects changing target properties
> after the export() call and wondering why the target info does not
> match.
> 
> Be sure to coordinate with Alex and Yury's export-sets-2 topic.

Yes, I think the export-sets-2 topic is aiming for 2.8.10 anyway, so I'll 
start from master when 2.8.11 opens.

> 
>> I can't think of any reason for the fact that it currently generates the
>> files at configure time to be useful. Any objection to changing that?
> 
> Not for 2.8.10, please.  The internal cleanup can wait.

Yes.

> 
> How would APPEND mode work?

I'll look into it.

Thanks,

Steve.