BUG: Custom command outputs listed explicitly as source files in a target should be generated whether or not an object file in the target needs them. This useful and makes Makefile builds more consistent with VS IDE builds.

Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx

@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteRuleFiles()
   // create the build.make file and directory, put in the common blocks
   this->CreateRuleFile();
 
-  // Add in any rules for custom commands
-  this->WriteCustomCommandsForTarget();
-
-  // write in rules for object files
+  // write rules used to help build object files
   this->WriteCommonCodeRules();
 
+  // write in rules for object files and custom commands
+  this->WriteTargetBuildRules();
+
+  // write the per-target per-language flags
+  this->WriteTargetLanguageFlags();
+
   // Write the dependency generation rule.
   this->WriteTargetDependRules();
 
@@ -379,19 +382,8 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
                                         depends, commands, false);
     }
 
-  // Write convenience targets.
-  std::string dir = this->Makefile->GetStartOutputDirectory();
-  dir += "/";
-  dir += this->LocalGenerator->GetTargetDirectory(*this->Target);
-  std::string buildTargetRuleName = dir;
-  buildTargetRuleName += relink?"/preinstall":"/build";
-  buildTargetRuleName =
-    this->Convert(buildTargetRuleName.c_str(),
-                  cmLocalGenerator::HOME_OUTPUT,
-                  cmLocalGenerator::MAKEFILE);
-  this->LocalGenerator->WriteConvenienceRule(*this->BuildFileStream,
-                                             targetFullPath.c_str(),
-                                             buildTargetRuleName.c_str());
+  // Write the main driver rule to build everything in this target.
+  this->WriteTargetDriverRule(targetFullPath.c_str(), relink);
 
   // Clean all the possible executable names and symlinks and object files.
   this->CleanFiles.insert(this->CleanFiles.end(),