[CMake] scope of set_source_files_properties?

[David Cole]

Sorry for my misleading answer on this yesterday. Even I, as a CMake
developer, was surprised by this.....


On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 23. Mar, 2010, at 13:33 , Brad King wrote:
>
> > Simmons, Aaron wrote:
> >> Am I missing something?  The code is below...
> >>
> >> Top-level CMakeLists.txt:
> >>        cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
> >>        project(test)
> >>
> >>        set(src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/subdir/test.c)
> >>
> >>        add_subdirectory(subdir)
> >>        get_source_file_property( temp ${src} COMPILE_FLAGS )
> >
> > Due to historical development reasons, source file properties
> > are scoped only in the directory where they are set.  Only
> > targets created by an add_exectuable, add_library, or
> > add_custom_target commands in the *same* directory (not even
> > a subdirectory) can see the property of a source file.
> >
> > -Brad
>
> Would be nice if that was mentioned somewhere (preferably in the
> SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES docs). Or is it just me not being able to read
> man-pages once again ;-)
>
> Michael
>
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