Excellent. Do you know if this option was included in the recent cmake 2.8.5 release, or will it not appear officially until 2.8.6 ?
On 22 July 2011 18:39, Johan Björk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
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