Hi, in KDE we create a lot of dynamic plugins, and since KDE 1.x we create them without the "lib" prefix. There was a request on the KDE buildsystem list to make this the default behaviour of cmake: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.kde.devel.buildsystem/7570
A quick survey on my system showed that basically all other plugins I could find quickly also use an empty prefix, the only one I found which uses the "lib"-prefix for its plugins was CodeBlocks (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.kde.devel.buildsystem/7573). I think simply changing the default in cmake is not possible due to compatibility reasons. So I thought using a policy this might be possible (if the new policy is set, make CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX empty on UNIX, otherwise leave it as it is now). I had a look how CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX is set in CMake. This is this code in CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake: if(NOT CMAKE_MODULE_EXISTS) set(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}") set(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}") endif() AFAIK, CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake is executed very early during a cmake run, at least if there is no project() call in the CMakeLists.txt. This makes it hard to use a policy for changing this behaviour, right ? Because in this case, without project() call, CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake is executed before any policies or required versions could be set. Any other ideas how to do that in a simple way ? Or other comments ? Alex -- 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://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers