[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014430]: LINK_DEPENDS dependency generated by custom command fails to build

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14430 
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Reported By:                rgstr
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14430
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-09-21 07:28 EDT
Last Modified:              2013-09-21 07:28 EDT
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Summary:                    LINK_DEPENDS dependency generated by custom command
fails to build
Description: 
I'm using CMake to build an embedded project that requires a generated linker
script.
The linker script is supposed to be generated via add_custom_command() and
set_property(TARGET … PROPERTY LINK_DEPENDS …).

However CMake apparently does not create a Makefile target for the linker script
and thus a subsequent call to make fails stating "No rule to make target …".

Steps to Reproduce: 
1.) Download and extract attached minimal non-working example
2.) $ cmake . && make
3.) "make[2]: *** No rule to make target `linker_symbols.x', needed by `main'. 
Stop."

Additional Information: 
When adding the linker script dependency to one of the source files being built
via add_property(SOURCE … PROPERTY OBJECT_DEPENDS …) everything works fine.
Just uncomment the corresponding section in my CMakeLists.txt an rerun make.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-09-21 07:28 rgstr          New Issue                                    
2013-09-21 07:28 rgstr          File Added: cmake_mnwe.tar.bz2                  
 
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