[CMake] Bug in SLN generation

[Petr Kmoch]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:29 PM, David Cole <DLRdave at aol.com> wrote:

> Two ways to do this occur to me:
>
> (1) wrap cmake with a two-line script that your project developers use:
>     @call cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013"
>     @call post-cmake.cmd
>

Would this work with re-runs triggered by CMake itself (e.g. by ZERO_CHECK)?


>
> (2) do a file(WRITE ...) unconditionally somewhere in your
> CMakeLists.txt file, and then introduce a custom command that depends
> on that file, and a custom target for that command to live in, and
> then make all your other targets depend on that one. That way, the
> first thing that happens in a build is your "post-CMake" step. (this
> one will be a weird interactive experience in Visual Studio, though,
> if your custom command modifies the sln/vcxproj files...)
>
> Perhaps neither is "ideal," but either technique should be able to
> help you until an ideal solution can be implemented.
>
>
> HTH,
> David C.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:50 AM, Petr Kmoch <petr.kmoch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Scott.
> >
> > To file a bug, use the Mantis tracker at http://public.kitware.com/Bug/
> >
> > As for running custom processing post-generation, there is no way hook
> this,
> > and a request for it was explicitly declined:
> > http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13020
> >
> > Petr
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Scott Aron Bloom <
> scott.bloom at onshorecs.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I have found a bug in SLN generation when the property USE_FOLDERS  is
> set
> >> to on.
> >>
> >>
> >> The order of the folders, and vcprojects added to the folders is not
> >> sorted.  It is sorted correctly if USE_FOLDERS is not set.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have two questions, first, what is the appropriate mechanism for
> filing
> >> a bug? I will create a trivial testcase to show the issue.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Second, in the meantime I have a way to fix the sln file, as a post
> >> process after its generated.  What type of rule could I add to the
> >> CMakeLists.txt file to run after the sln has been generated/updated by
> >> cmake?
> >>
> >> Scott
>
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