On 11/14/2011 11:46 AM, Arunmozhi wrote: > Hi, > > For a static library target, I used TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES and > LINK_DIRECTORIES to link with a third party library. As we can see that > in cmake, this linking information is propagated and used only in an > executable/shared library target which depends on the former static > library. But the issue is that only the TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES is > propagated and not the LINK_DIRECTORIES. This fails the linking of the > executable/shared library target because it could not find the third > party library. > > I found this problem when generating for visual studio 2005. The problem > might be there in other platforms also. > > I feel that this behavior is an issue. Or am I missing something? Please > let me know. > > Regards, > Arun >
Hi Arun Consider LINK_DIRECTORIES to be obsolete and to be avoided at all cost. Just pass the full path to the static library directly to TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES. This is much more robust and will avoid these weird effects you are seeing. HTH Michael -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
