BUG: Need to create global targets before AddHelperCommands is called. We should investigate creating global targets at the beginning of the configure step even if their commands are not populated or if they will not actually be generated later.

Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx

@@ -734,19 +734,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
 {
   // For each existing cmLocalGenerator
   unsigned int i;
- 
-  // Add generator specific helper commands
-  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
-    {
-    this->LocalGenerators[i]->AddHelperCommands();
-    }
-
-  // Trace the dependencies, after that no custom commands should be added
-  // because their dependencies might not be handled correctly
-  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
-    {
-    this->LocalGenerators[i]->TraceDependencies();
-    }
 
   // Consolidate global targets
   cmTargets globalTargets;
@@ -775,6 +762,19 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
       (*targets)[tit->first].SetMakefile(mf);
       }
     }
+ 
+  // Add generator specific helper commands
+  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
+    {
+    this->LocalGenerators[i]->AddHelperCommands();
+    }
+
+  // Trace the dependencies, after that no custom commands should be added
+  // because their dependencies might not be handled correctly
+  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
+    {
+    this->LocalGenerators[i]->TraceDependencies();
+    }
 
   // Compute the manifest of main targets generated.
   for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)