Qt 5.0.2 + CMake 2.8.11.1 + QT5_CREATE_TRANSLATION: how to prevent delete existing ts file during clean

AnatolyS

I use QT5_CREATE_TRANSLATION inside my CMakelists.txt to keep my ts files in actual state. It is very useful. But when I call make clean my ts files are cleaned also. If I understand right it is because of

add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_ts_file}
COMMAND ${Qt5_LUPDATE_EXECUTABLE}
ARGS ${_lupdate_options} "@${_ts_lst_file}" -ts ${_ts_file}
DEPENDS ${_my_sources} ${_ts_lst_file} VERBATIM)

inside the QT5_CREATE_TRANSLATION function.

Is there way to prevent ts file deletion during the clean operation?

Thanks in advance.

AnatolyS

I have written the following patch for Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake which can solve the above problem:
@
*** C:/Qt/Qt5.0.2/5.0.2/msvc2010/lib/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools/Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake.old Wed Jun 19 12:00:16 2013
--- C:/Qt/Qt5.0.2/5.0.2/msvc2010/lib/cmake/Qt5LinguistTools/Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake Wed Jun 19 11:48:38 2013

*** 52,57 ****
--- 52,59 ----
list(APPEND _my_sources ${_abs_FILE})
endif()
endforeach()

declare temp ts files list

set(_my_temptsfiles)
foreach(_ts_file ${_my_tsfiles})
    if(_my_sources)
      # make a list file to call lupdate on, so we don't make our commands too

*** 71,83 ****

        file&#40;WRITE ${_ts_lst_file} "${_lst_file_srcs}"&#41;
      endif()
      add_custom_command(

! OUTPUT ${_ts_file}
COMMAND ${Qt5_LUPDATE_EXECUTABLE}
ARGS ${_lupdate_options} "@${_ts_lst_file}" -ts ${_ts_file}
DEPENDS ${_my_sources} ${_ts_lst_file} VERBATIM)
endforeach()
! qt5_add_translation(${_qm_files} ${_my_tsfiles})
set(${_qm_files} ${${_qm_files}} PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction()

--- 73,93 ----

        file&#40;WRITE ${_ts_lst_file} "${_lst_file_srcs}"&#41;
      endif()

    get_filename_component(_ts_nm ${_ts_file} NAME)

set(_tmpts_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_ts_nm}")
list(APPEND _my_temptsfiles ${_tmpts_file})

    get_source_file_property(_qm_output_location ${_ts_file} OUTPUT_LOCATION)
    add_custom_command(

! OUTPUT ${_tmpts_file}
COMMAND ${Qt5_LUPDATE_EXECUTABLE}
ARGS ${_lupdate_options} "@${_ts_lst_file}" -ts ${_ts_file}

COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${_ts_file} ${_tmpts_file}
DEPENDS ${_my_sources} ${_ts_lst_file} VERBATIM)
if( _qm_output_location )
set_property(SOURCE ${_tmpts_file} PROPERTY OUTPUT_LOCATION ${_qm_output_location})
endif()
endforeach()
! qt5_add_translation(${_qm_files} ${_my_temptsfiles})
set(${_qm_files} ${${_qm_files}} PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction()
@

Qt 5.0.2 + CMake 2.8.11.1 + QT5_CREATE_TRANSLATION: how to prevent delete existing ts file during clean

declare temp ts files list