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@@ -4,29 +4,29 @@ AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS
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.. versionadded:: 3.14
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Switch for forwarding origin target dependencies to the corresponding
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-:ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target.
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+:ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target.
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.. note::
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If Qt 5.15 or later is used and the generator is either :generator:`Ninja`
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or :ref:`Makefile Generators`, origin target dependencies are forwarded to
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- the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen_timestamp_deps` target instead of
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- :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen`
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-
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+ the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen_timestamp_deps <<ORIGIN>_autogen_timestamp_deps>`
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+ target instead of :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>`.
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Targets which have their :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` or :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` property
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-``ON`` have a corresponding :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target which generates
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-``moc`` and ``uic`` files. As this :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target is created at
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+``ON`` have a corresponding :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target
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+which generates ``moc`` and ``uic`` files.
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+As this :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target is created at
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generate-time, it is not possible to define dependencies of it using
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e.g. :command:`add_dependencies`. Instead the ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS``
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target property decides whether the origin target dependencies should be
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-forwarded to the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target or not.
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+forwarded to the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target or not.
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By default ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS`` is initialized from
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:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS` which is ``ON`` by default.
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-In total the dependencies of the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target are composed
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-from
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+In total the dependencies of the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>`
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+target are composed from
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- forwarded origin target dependencies
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(enabled by default via ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS``)
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@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ with Qt.
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.. note::
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Disabling ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS`` is useful to avoid building of
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- origin target dependencies when building the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target
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- only. This is especially interesting when a
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+ origin target dependencies when building the
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+ :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target only.
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+ This is especially interesting when a
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:variable:`global autogen target <CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET>` is enabled.
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- When the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen` target doesn't require all the origin target's
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- dependencies, and ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS`` is disabled, it might be
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- necessary to extend :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS` to add missing
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- dependencies.
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+ When the :ref:`<ORIGIN>_autogen <<ORIGIN>_autogen>` target doesn't require
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+ all the origin target's dependencies, and ``AUTOGEN_ORIGIN_DEPENDS`` is
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+ disabled, it might be necessary to extend :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS`
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+ to add missing dependencies.
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