On 5. Feb, 2010, at 14:37 , Surya Kiran Gullapalli wrote: > Hello all, > I'm using CMake-2.8 on winxp with Visual Studio 2005 generator. > > lets say I've a dll created (A.dll) from some cxx files and a static library > static.lib > > So I call Link_Directories to specify the directory where the static library > is located. > Now A.dll is built fine. > > Now I want B.dll built from some cxx sources, A.lib (the import lib of > A.dll) > > Now when I say Target_Link_Libraries for (B A), the project file is created > with static.lib also as a dependency. > Now B has two dependencies A and static.lib. But I'm not adding the > directory of static.lib to Link_Directories for B and my build fails. > > I do not think B needs to know about static.lib > > Any Ideas how to avoid this ? > > Thanks in advance, > Surya >
B might need to know about static.lib due to the nature of static linking. CMake can't detect that and thus always assumes that a static library is part of the link-interface. If, however, you know that static.lib is an implementation detail of A, then you can use the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES target property of A to explicitly specify its transitive link dependencies. And please, don't use LINK_DIRECTORIES anymore. It is much better to specify the full path to static.lib in the TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES call. 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
