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