ENH: Added VERBATIM option to ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND and ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET commands. This option enables full escaping of custom command arguments on all platforms. See bug#3786.

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Brad King
2006-09-28 11:30:49 -04:00
parent 16f8da8b14
commit d01b6f1281
8 changed files with 102 additions and 26 deletions

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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public:
" [MAIN_DEPENDENCY depend]\n"
" [DEPENDS [depends...]]\n"
" [WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]\n"
" [COMMENT comment])\n"
" [COMMENT comment] [VERBATIM])\n"
"This defines a new command that can be executed during the build "
"process. The outputs named should be listed as source files in the "
"target for which they are to be generated. "
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public:
" COMMAND command1 [ARGS] [args1...]\n"
" [COMMAND command2 [ARGS] [args2...] ...]\n"
" [WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]\n"
" [COMMENT comment])\n"
" [COMMENT comment] [VERBATIM])\n"
"This defines a new command that will be associated with "
"building the specified target. When the command will "
"happen is determined by which of the following is specified:\n"
@@ -104,7 +104,15 @@ public:
"Studio 7 or later. For all other generators PRE_BUILD "
"will be treated as PRE_LINK. "
"If WORKING_DIRECTORY is specified the command will be executed "
"in the directory given.";
"in the directory given.\n"
"If VERBATIM is given then all the arguments to the commands will be "
"passed exactly as specified no matter the build tool used. "
"Note that one level of escapes is still used by the CMake language "
"processor before ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET even sees the arguments. "
"Use of VERBATIM is recommended as it enables correct behavior. "
"When VERBATIM is not given the behavior is platform specific. "
"In the future VERBATIM may be enabled by default. The only reason "
"it is an option is to preserve compatibility with older CMake code.";
}
cmTypeMacro(cmAddCustomCommandCommand, cmCommand);