14.11.2017, 14:56, "Robin Verschueren" <[email protected]>: > Dear all, > > I'm having some troubles using the 'PATHS' argument to find_library. More > specifically, I'm trying to find the gfortran libraries > (/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgfortran.so on my system). > > If I call > > find_library(FORTRAN_LIBRARY > NAMES gfortran > PATHS "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/*") > > CMake finds the gfortran libs. However, if I change the last argument to > "usr/lib/gcc/*", CMake does not find the specified library and throws an > error (if REQUIRED is set).
FWIW shell globs (from which this syntax derives) are not recursive > > Why is the extra directory necessary? Does the `*' symbol only look one > directory deeper? How can I traverse folders recursively? > > I tried to look for documentation on this, but searches in both Google and > the CMake docs did not return anything useful. (looked for find_library, > file, glob, etc.) > > Best regards, > Robin > > PS if someone knows a better way of finding Fortran libraries, please feel > free to enlighten me. Parse `gcc -print-search-dirs` > > ,-- > > 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 -- Regards, Konstantin -- 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
