Review Request 113406: Add a macro to automatically generate forward headers

[Aleix Pol Gonzalez]

> On Oct. 24, 2013, 1:54 p.m., Stephen Kelly wrote:
> > modules/ECMGenerateHeaders.cmake, line 32
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113406/diff/2/?file=205462#file205462line32>
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> >     I recommend not putting this in the API of the function, and instead users should use 
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> >      install(DIRECTORY) to install the generated files.
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> Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
>     Why?
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> Stephen Kelly wrote:
>     I think it's better API. It's what all existing functions which generate headers do.
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> Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
>     Then it's weird because we'll need to have a separate call for installing all the headers as well, so we will have them all listed twice.
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> Stephen Kelly wrote:
>     Are you sure? You wouldn't just have a single install(DIRECTORY), as I wrote before?

See the KParts patch I attached. We want to install the "actual" header, not the forward header, right?


- Aleix


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On Oct. 29, 2013, 12:32 a.m., Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 29, 2013, 12:32 a.m.)
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> Review request for Build System, KDE Frameworks and Stephen Kelly.
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> Repository: extra-cmake-modules
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> Description
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> Create a macro that will generate the forward headers like we used to, in cmake configure time.
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> Here's an example of how we'd port KParts to that macro: http://paste.opensuse.org/9880051
> After the change, these are the installed headers: http://paste.opensuse.org/90980400
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> Diffs
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>   modules/ECMGenerateHeaders.cmake PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113406/diff/
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> Testing
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> Ported KParts and still everything works.
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> File Attachments
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> example of how KParts would change
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2013/10/29/43e2c958-9908-4249-9bb6-9395d91b5643__kf5-kparts-headers-test.patch
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> Thanks,
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> Aleix Pol Gonzalez
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