Hi Andres. I cannot comment on the property request itself, but you should be able to work around its absence by using `-` instead of `/` to introduce the linker option - the Visual Studio tools understand both, AFAIK.
Petr On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Anders Lindgren <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have a third party-library only available in Release flavor. When > building a Debug configuration, I need to pass the option > /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt to the Visual Studio linker. > > I have been playing around with the new target interface system. However, > I'm missing a way for a library to specify linker options, that would > transitively affect targets that use the library (just like the > INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS and INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES do for compiler > options and libraries, respectively). > > So, I suggest adding a INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS target property. That way I > would add the library using: > > add_library(the_library.lib STATIC IMPORTED) > set_property(TARGET the_library.lib > PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS > $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt>) > > In addition, there are two properties, COMPILE_FLAGS and COMPILE_OPTIONS, > with the difference that the latter understands generator expressions. I > also suggest adding a LINK_OPTIONS along the same lines. > > (Note that the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES property is designed to contain > both libraries and linker options. However, an entry is only interpreted as > an option if it starts with a "-", which is not the case for Visual Studio > options.) > > Sincerely, > Anders Lindgren > > > -- > > 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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