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Help: Document limitations of the OBJECT_DEPENDS source file property

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Brad King 2015-09-11 15:13:24 -04:00
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Additional files on which a compiled object file depends. Additional files on which a compiled object file depends.
Specifies a semicolon-separated list of full-paths to files on which Specifies a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of full-paths to
any object files compiled from this source file depend. An object files on which any object files compiled from this source file depend.
file will be recompiled if any of the named files is newer than it. On :ref:`Makefile Generators` and the :generator:`Ninja` generator an
object file will be recompiled if any of the named files is newer than it.
:ref:`Visual Studio Generators` and the :generator:`Xcode` generator
cannot implement such compilation dependencies.
This property need not be used to specify the dependency of a source This property need not be used to specify the dependency of a source
file on a generated header file that it includes. Although the file on a generated header file that it includes. Although the
@ -14,5 +17,5 @@ necessary. If the generated header file is created by a custom
command in the same target as the source file, the automatic command in the same target as the source file, the automatic
dependency scanning process will recognize the dependency. If the dependency scanning process will recognize the dependency. If the
generated header file is created by another target, an inter-target generated header file is created by another target, an inter-target
dependency should be created with the add_dependencies command (if one dependency should be created with the :command:`add_dependencies`
does not already exist due to linking relationships). command (if one does not already exist due to linking relationships).