1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/generator/shiboken2/cppgenerator.cpp b/sources/shiboken2/generator/shiboken2/cppgenerator.cpp
index f0d6c9082..6d16e1bfb 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken2/generator/shiboken2/cppgenerator.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/generator/shiboken2/cppgenerator.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "cppgenerator.h"
+#include "fileout.h"
 #include "overloaddata.h"
 #include <abstractmetalang.h>
 #include <messages.h>
@@ -5402,15 +5403,11 @@ bool CppGenerator::finishGeneration()
     QString moduleFileName(outputDirectory() + QLatin1Char('/') + subDirectoryForPackage(packageName()));
     moduleFileName += QLatin1Char('/') + moduleName().toLower() + QLatin1String("_module_wrapper.cpp");
 
-    QFile file(moduleFileName);
-    verifyDirectoryFor(file);
-    if (!file.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
-        qCWarning(lcShiboken).noquote().nospace()
-            << "Error writing file: " << QDir::toNativeSeparators(moduleFileName);
-        return false;
-    }
 
-    QTextStream s(&file);
+    verifyDirectoryFor(moduleFileName);
+    FileOut file(moduleFileName);
+
+    QTextStream &s = file.stream;
 
     // write license comment
     s << licenseComment() << endl;
@@ -5735,6 +5732,18 @@ bool CppGenerator::finishGeneration()
 
     s << "SBK_MODULE_INIT_FUNCTION_END" << endl;
 
+    switch (file.done()) {
+    case FileOut::Failure:
+        return false;
+    case FileOut::Unchanged:
+        // Even if contents is unchanged, the last file modification time should be updated,
+        // so that the build system can rely on the fact the generated file is up-to-date.
+        file.touch();
+        break;
+    case FileOut::Success:
+        break;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }