The Ninja generator traditionally referenced source files and include
directories using paths relative to the build directory if they could be
expressed without a `../` sequence that leaves the build and source
directories. For example, when using a `build/` directory inside the
source tree, sources would be compiled as `-c ../src.c` and include
directories would be referenced as `-I ../include`. This approach
matches the traditional Ninja convention of using relative paths
whenever possible, but has undesirable side effects such as:
* Compiler diagnostic messages may not use absolute paths, making it
harder for IDEs/editors to find the referenced sources or headers.
* Debug symbols may not use absolute paths, making it harder for
debuggers to find the referenced sources or headers.
* Different results depending on the path to the build tree relative
to the source tree.
* Inconsistent with the Makefile generators, which use absolute paths.
Switch to always using absolute paths to reference source files and
include directories on compiler command lines. While alternative
solutions for diagnostic messages and debug symbols may exist with
specific tooling, this is the simplest and most consistent approach.
Note that a previous attempt to do this in commit 955c2a630a (Ninja: Use
full path for all source files, 2016-08-05, v3.7.0-rc1~275^2) was
reverted by commit 666ad1df2d (Revert "Ninja: Use full path for all
source files", 2017-02-24, v3.8.0-rc2~9^2) due to problems hooking up
depfile dependencies on generated files. This time, the changes in
commit 2725ecff38 (Ninja: Handle depfiles with absolute paths to
generated files, 2021-05-19) should avoid those problems.
Fixes: #13894, #17450
Extend the change from commit 2725ecff38 (Ninja: Handle depfiles with
absolute paths to generated files, 2021-05-19) to work on versions of
Ninja that do not support implicit outputs. Specify the absolute paths
as normal outputs on such versions.
Issue: #13894, #21865
The `GetSourceFilePath` method is meant only for compiled sources, and
automatically handles converting it to a path for the Ninja build
manifest. Rename the method to clarify both.
On subsequent runs of configure from cmake-gui the global generator is
swapped. So on runs other than the first it was setting CC and CXX to
empty when they were otherwise undefined.
Instead, restore them if non-empty and unset them if empty when changing
the global generator and a previous generator exists.
Fixes: #21449
The new variable allows projects to define custom key=value pairs of
variables to be set in CPack cmake_install.cmake script invocations.
This allows install(SCRIPT|CODE) to be parameterized at runtime.
0a0a0f8a74 cmMessenger: Color messages to terminal by type
bceb8e2ed2 cmMessenger: Pass title inside a metadata structure
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !6105
2725ecff38 Ninja: Handle depfiles with absolute paths to generated files
bc40cd7a4e Tests: Add case covering a unity build with a generated source
ae927f936d cmGlobalNinjaGenerator: Improve allocation pattern in WriteBuild
68e5f92cad cmGlobalNinjaGenerator: Factor out custom command output collection
c5195193d3 cmGlobalNinjaGenerator: Reduce string copies in WriteCustomCommandBuild
8bac527b0c cmGlobalNinjaGenerator: Re-order logic in WriteCustomCommandBuild
ddc030f5ca cmGlobalNinjaGenerator: Record implicit outputs as known too
ceb82752ef cmLocalNinjaGenerator: Use variable for main custom command output path
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !6143
Ninja treats every (normalized) path as its own node. It does not
recognize `/abs/path/to/file` in a depfile as matching `path/to/file`
even when `build.ninja` and the working directory are in `/abs/`.
See Ninja Issue 1251. In cases where we pass absolute paths to the
compiler, it will write a depfile containing absolute paths. If those
files are generated in the build tree by custom commands, `build.ninja`
references them by relative path in build statement outputs, so Ninja
does not hook up the dependency and rebuild the project correctly.
Add infrastructure to work around this problem by adding implicit
outputs to custom command build statements that reference the main
outputs by absolute path. Use a `${cmake_ninja_workdir}` placeholder
to avoid repeating the base path. For example:
build out.txt | ${cmake_ninja_workdir}out.txt: CUSTOM_COMMAND ...
Ninja will create two nodes for the output file, one with a relative
path and one with an absolute path. A depfile may then mention either
form of the path and Ninja will hook up the dependency. Unfortunately
Ninja will also stat the file twice.
Issue: #13894Fixes: #21865
In a per-component installation the generated installation scripts
are invoked once for each component.
Per default custom installation script code added by install(CODE|SCRIPT)
only runs for one specific component in this context.
The new ALL_COMPONENTS option allows custom script code to be run once
for each component being installed.