On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Leif Walsh <leif.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds good, I'll send a patch soon. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:13, Brad King <brad.k...@kitware.com> wrote: > >> On 10/26/2012 10:39 AM, Leif Walsh wrote: >>> Sure thing. Can you let me know where to find an example test? I'll pattern >>> match one over the weekend. >> >> Most CMake tests just verify that binaries build correctly. >> The "Tests/BuildDepends" test is the only one that actually >> tests rebuild behavior. It has custom commands to build a >> sub-project in its Project subdirectory multiple times while >> making modifications in between. >> >> You'll have to modify the inner test project to add a shared >> library and an executable that links to it. Set the new >> property on the executable only. After the first build, >> verify that the executable's time is newer than the library >> time. Between builds, modify a the shared library source >> (which of course will have to be in the build tree to avoid >> modifying CMake's source tree). After the second build >> verify that the library is newer than the executable. >> >> Checking the file times is probably most easily done as a >> custom target on the inner project that depends on the >> executable. Its COMMAND should run a cmake script and >> pass -Dexe=$<TARGET_FILE:exe> -Dlib=$<TARGET_FILE:lib> to >> it. The script can compare the ${lib} and ${exe} file >> times with if(... FILE_IS_NEWER ...). >> >> Thanks, >> -Brad > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Please send patches as produced by "git format-patch -1" Thx, David -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake