Glenn, An option APPEND_STRING was added, see http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12342
/Johan On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Glenn Coombs <[email protected]> wrote: > For variables like CMAKE_C_FLAGS one can append to them like this: > > set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CFLAGS} -some_option") > > For target properties like LINK_FLAGS I was using this command: > > set_property(TARGET myDLL APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS > /NODEFAULTLIB:"LIBCMT") > > to do the append. However, when I append a second time: > > set_property(TARGET myDLL APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS > /INCLUDE:_InitLibrary) > > then it breaks because the string that Visual Studio sees contains a > semicolon in between the 2 options. I can work round this by writing my > append like this: > > get_property(link_flags TARGET myDLL PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS) > set(link_flags "${link_flags} /INCLUDE:_InitLibrary") > set_target_properties(myDLL PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS ${link_flags}) > > but that is a bit verbose for my liking. I understand that the semicolons > are how cmake separates list items from one another but shouldn't cmake > automatically stringify the list (by replacing semicolons with spaces) > before passing it through to the generator code ? The same problem will > occur for any of the XXX_FLAGS properties like COMPILE_FLAGS that are passed > through unchanged to the makefile or Visual Studio project file. > > Is it worth filing a feature request to ask for cmake to stringify lists for > the appropriate variables ? Or is there a good reason why cmake can't or > shouldn't implement this behaviour ? > > -- > Glenn > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
