Thanks Michael. The link is very helpful (although very hard to digest [probably because I am new to CMake] - I have gone over it multiple times now and don't fully understand everything). I will experiment with those commands in my projects.
- Saad On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Michael Wild <them...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should find this interesting: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Tutorials/How_to_create_a_ProjectConfig.cmake_file > > In short: > * In project A create a AConfig.cmake file and export your targets > * In project B call find_package(A REQUIRED) > > HTH > > Michael > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Saad Khattak <saadrus...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Suppose I have two personal repositories: A and B. Repository B has a >> dependency on repository A i.e. repository A builds multiple libraries and >> repository B builds multiple libraries and executables. I can build 32-bit >> and 64-bit libraries/executables for both by having a 'build' and >> 'buildx64' projects generated by CMake. The libraries and executables are >> put in the default folders (e.g. repoA/build/src/libraryName/Debug and >> repoA/buildx64/src/library/Debug). >> >> Repo B's executables depend on repo A's libraries and libraries in B. >> Linking with libraries within B is straightforward as CMake is able to >> figure out the necessary paths for the libraries B is building which B's >> executables depend on. >> >> Repo B also depends on Repo A's libraries and all executables in B have >> to search for them. How do I go about this? Currently I am searching for >> each library by specifying its path: >> >> # I have a CACHE variable for the path to Repo A's build folder that the >> user must provide >> target_link_libraries(myProject >> repoAPath/build/src/LibName/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}) >> >> which feels like a very wrong way to go about linking with other >> libraries considering CMake is supposed to make the finding libraries part >> easier. I would appreciate clarification of the workflow in this case. >> >> Thanks, >> Saad >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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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