Working around http://code.google.com/p/gyp/issues/detail?id=13

content/content_resources.gyp

 # 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.
 
 # TODO(jochen): make this a .gypi file and include it in content.gyp, once
 # content.gyp doesn't depend on gyp files from chrome/ anymore:
 # http://crbug.com/10394
 {
   'variables': {
     'grit_out_dir': '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/content',
   },
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'content_resources',
       'type': 'none',
+      'dependencies': [
+        'generate_content_resources',
+      ],
+      'inputs': [

[bradn, 2012/02/29 22:16:43]

You shouldn't have the 'inputs' and 'outputs' sections, the copies section is
adequate. Gyp's super cool parser is likely ignore these.

[Myles C. Maxfield, 2012/02/29 22:21:51]

Done.

+        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/content/content_resources.pak'
+      ],
+      'outputs': [
+        '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/content_resources.pak',
+      ],
+      'copies': [
+        {
+          'destination': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
+          'files': [
+            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/content/content_resources.pak'
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'generate_content_resources',
+      'type': 'none',
       'actions': [
         {
           'action_name': 'content_resources',
           'variables': {
             'grit_grd_file': 'content_resources.grd',
           },
           'includes': [ '../build/grit_action.gypi' ],
         },
       ],
       'includes': [ '../build/grit_target.gypi' ],
-      'copies': [
-        {
-          'destination': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
-          'files': [
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/content/content_resources.pak'
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
     },
   ],
 }