Hi Cedric, It sounds like creating a package config file is exactly what you need. When installed, a user will be able to consume your project with "find_package(Foo)". That will locate and read the package config file which will create an imported target Foo::Foo. This imported target will cary with it all of the necessary link dependency information.
See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.6/manual/cmake-packages.7.html for more details. - Chuck On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Cedric Doucet <cedric.dou...@inria.fr> wrote: > > Hello, > > is there a native way to provide configuration settings for the users of a > software? > > For example, I develop a software which depends on several 3rd party > libraries which are automatically downloaded and installed with the > ExternalProject module. > My CMake configuration scripts are written so as to handle these 3rd party > libraries. > During installation of the software, header files and libraries are copied > to the destination directory but (of course) without their 3rd party > dependencies. > > Therefore, if a user wants to use my software, he has to handle these 3rd > party libraries during compilation and linking steps. > Depending on the skills of the user, it may be difficult to achieve it. > > I would like to know if there exists a native way of providing sufficient > configuration information so that users do not have to handle these > libraries. > For the moment, I provide a CMakeLists template but I wonder if it's the > best possible solution. > > Best regards, > > Cédric Doucet > > -- > > 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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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