[CMake] Xcode application bundle major issues

[Bill Hoffman]

Joshua Jensen wrote:
> Upon using CMake with Xcode and instructing CMake to generate 
> application bundles, I've run into the following issues:
>
> * When I make a change to a static library, the executable doesn't 
> relink.  I have to rm it from the application bundle myself.  Upon 
> digging through the (very verbose) build logs, I came across this 
> little snippet during the XCODE_DEPEND_HELPER phase:
>
> /bin/rm -f /Users/joshua/MiniApp/build/image/Debug/MiniApp
>
> This is wrong.  It should be:
>
> /bin/rm -f 
> /Users/joshua/MiniApp/build/image/Debug/MiniApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MiniApp 
>
>
> I'm not immediately sure how to fix this, but it is a critical 
> nuisance.  Code changes to libraries do not make it into the executable.
>
> * The second issue has to do with running a Clean (an attempt to 
> figure out what was going on).  Cleaning an application bundle project 
> whacks the entire MiniApp.app/ folder structure.  Ack!  Any resources 
> I had manually copied in there are destroyed.  CMake should not kill 
> anything it does not write into that folder structure.
>    Anyway, I'd love solutions to both of these, but the executable not 
> relinking is a huge deal.  I'll look into a solution in the meantime.  
> If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know.
>
What version of CMake are you using?   Also, I don't think CMake has 
anything to do with the clean target, it is managed by Xcode itself.

-Bill