Better code to determine the framework and helper app paths

chrome/chrome.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
 
     'variables': {
       'version_py_path': 'tools/build/version.py',
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         'common/chrome_paths_win.cc',
         'common/chrome_switches.cc',
         'common/chrome_switches.h',
         'common/env_vars.cc',
         'common/env_vars.h',
         'common/json_value_serializer.cc',
         'common/json_value_serializer.h',
         'common/pref_names.cc',
         'common/pref_names.h',
       ],
+      'actions': [
+        {
+          'action_name': 'Make chrome_version.cc',
+          'variables': {
+            'make_version_cc_path': 'tools/build/make_version_cc.py',
+          },
+          'inputs': [
+            '<(make_version_cc_path)',
+            'VERSION',
+          ],
+          'outputs': [
+            '<(INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/chrome_version.cc',
+          ],
+          'action': [
+            'python',
+            '<(make_version_cc_path)',
+            '<@(_outputs)',
+            '<(version_full)',
+          ],
+          'process_outputs_as_sources': 1,
+        },

[TVL, 2009/10/14 21:09:15]

see base.gyp:linux_versioninfo, yes, it reached up into the chrome directory.  
I know i've seen complaints on that building too often in the past, so this
seems like something related that we should be careful about.

[Mark Mentovai, 2009/10/14 21:26:46]

TVL wrote:
I think that the main problem with linux_versioninfo is that it embeds the SVN
revision.  That can change a lot more frequently than VERSION.

+      ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'common',
       'type': '<(library)',
       'msvs_guid': '899F1280-3441-4D1F-BA04-CCD6208D9146',
       'dependencies': [
         'common_constants',
         'chrome_resources',
         'chrome_strings',
         'theme_resources',
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       ],  # targets when chrome_personalization==1
     }],
   ],  # 'conditions'
 }
 
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