[CMake] [BUG] add_custom_command(TARGET ...) can't see in scope target

[Iosif Neitzke]

"Dependencies listed with the DEPENDS argument may reference files and
outputs of custom commands created with add_custom_command() in the
same directory (CMakeLists.txt file)."

http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:add_custom_target

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Dan Liew <dan at su-root.co.uk> wrote:
>> foolib is defined in this CMakeLists.txt:
>> https://github.com/delcypher/cmake_add_custom_command_bug/blob/master/lib/CMakeLists.txt
>>
>> That is the (only) context in which you can extend the definition of the
>> target with custom commands.
>
> Since when? I haven't seen that documented anywhere. IMHO this
> behavior is counter-intuitive, in general I expect the scope of a
> target to not depend on the cmake command I am trying to use. Seeing
> as targets seem to be visible globally to all the commands (that I've
> used so far) it seems to reasonable to me to expect
> add_custom_command() to be able to see these targets too.
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