Separate some generated files into their own targets

chrome/chrome_browser.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2011 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.
 
 {
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'browser',
       'type': 'static_library',
       'dependencies': [
         'app/policy/cloud_policy_codegen.gyp:policy',
+        'autofill_regexes',
         'browser/sync/protocol/sync_proto.gyp:sync_proto',
         'cert_logger_proto',
         'chrome_extra_resources',
         'chrome_resources',
         'chrome_strings',
         'common',
         'common_net',
         'debugger',
         'in_memory_url_index_cache_proto',
         'installer_util',
@@ skipping 3981 matching lines @@
 
         # These files are generated by GRIT.
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/component_extension_resources_map.cc',
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/devtools_frontend_resources_map.cc',
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/devtools_resources_map.cc',
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/shared_resources_map.cc',
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/theme_resources_map.cc',
         '<(grit_out_dir)/grit/theme_resources_standard_map.cc',
 
         # This file is generated by the autofill_regexes action.
-        '<(INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/autofill_regex_constants.cc',
+        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/autofill_regex_constants.cc',

[Ryan Sleevi, 2011/11/03 07:55:18]

drive by: It's considered bad form to drop files directly into
<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)

http://crbug.com/97185 is for a bug filed on this anti-pattern, and
http://crbug.com/97186 for the related pattern that comes out of people trying
to solve 97185 

See also line 5202

       ],
-      'actions': [{
-        'action_name': 'autofill_regexes',
-        'inputs': [
-          '<(DEPTH)/build/escape_unicode.py',
-          'browser/autofill/autofill_regex_constants.cc.utf8',
-        ],
-        'outputs': [
-          '<(INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/autofill_regex_constants.cc',
-        ],
-        'action': ['python', '<(DEPTH)/build/escape_unicode.py',
-                   '-o', '<(INTERMEDIATE_DIR)',
-                   'browser/autofill/autofill_regex_constants.cc.utf8'],
-      }],
       'conditions': [
         ['debug_devtools==1', {
           'defines': [
             'DEBUG_DEVTOOLS=1',
           ],
         }],
         ['configuration_policy==0', {
           'sources!': [
             'browser/ui/webui/options/options_managed_banner_handler.cc',
           ],
@@ skipping 1157 matching lines @@
             ['include', '^browser/ui/views/file_manager_dialog.h'],
           ]}, {
           'sources/': [
             ['exclude', '^browser/ui/views/file_manager_dialog.cc'],
             ['exclude', '^browser/ui/views/file_manager_dialog.h'],
           ]}
         ],
       ],
     },
     {
+      'target_name': 'autofill_regexes',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'actions': [{
+        'action_name': 'autofill_regexes',
+        'inputs': [
+          '<(DEPTH)/build/escape_unicode.py',
+          'browser/autofill/autofill_regex_constants.cc.utf8',
+        ],
+        'outputs': [
+          '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/autofill_regex_constants.cc',
+        ],
+        'action': ['python', '<(DEPTH)/build/escape_unicode.py',
+                   '-o', '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)',
+                   'browser/autofill/autofill_regex_constants.cc.utf8'],
+      }],
+    },
+    {
       # Protobuf compiler / generator for the fraudulent certificate reporting
       # protocol buffer.
       'target_name': 'cert_logger_proto',
       'type': 'static_library',
       'sources': [ 'browser/net/cert_logger.proto', ],
       'variables': {
         'proto_in_dir': 'browser/net',
         'proto_out_dir': 'chrome/browser/net',
       },
       'includes': [ '../build/protoc.gypi', ],
@@ skipping 36 matching lines @@
       'type': 'static_library',
       'sources': [ 'browser/history/in_memory_url_index_cache.proto' ],
       'variables': {
         'proto_in_dir': 'browser/history',
         'proto_out_dir': 'chrome/browser/history',
       },
       'includes': [ '../build/protoc.gypi' ]
     },
   ],
 }