Hello, While verifying curl library build issue on Windows - I've discovered some differences in check_library_exists behaviour for different targets 64 vs 32 bits.
The problem as follows - check_library_exists find library symbol when Win64 platform used, but not for default 32 bit. Here the output for Win64 bit generation ----------------------------------------- E:\WORK\github\cmake_issue_checklibraryexist\build.64>cmake .. -G"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24210.0 -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86_amd64/cl.exe -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/x86_amd64/cl.exe -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Looking for CertFreeCertificateContext in crypt32; -- Looking for CertFreeCertificateContext in crypt32; - found crypt32 found -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: E:/WORK/github/cmake_issue_checklibraryexist/build.64 ----------------------------------------- Here the output for 32-bit generation ----------------------------------------- E:\WORK\github\cmake_issue_checklibraryexist\build.32>cmake .. -G"Visual Studio 14 2015" -- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24210.0 -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Looking for CertFreeCertificateContext in crypt32; -- Looking for CertFreeCertificateContext in crypt32; - not found crypt32 not found -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: E:/WORK/github/cmake_issue_checklibraryexist/build.32 ----------------------------------------- I've provided MVE on GitHub https://github.com/snikulov/cmake_issue_checklibraryexist Is this expected behavior our known issue? CMake version is 3.6.0 Thank you. -- Best Regards, Sergei Nikulov -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
