[CMake] Newbie question about cmake dependency generator

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Fri Sep 24 13:33:34 EDT 2010


On Friday 24 September 2010, David Aldrich wrote:
> Hi
>
> Surely been asked before, but may I ask:
>
> Does the cmake dependency generator operate when cmake is invoked or when
> make is subsequently invoked?

It is invoked during the make run.

> Does it use a traditional method such as makedepend or is it unique to
> cmake?

CMake does the dependency scanning itself.

Alex


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