Thanks for your comment, I seem to have misunderstood the usage of BUILD_SHARED_LIBS. I will remove the hack to serve either a static or shared libprimesieve from my cmake config file.
Kim On Feb 14, 2018 11:42 PM, "Hendrik Sattler" <p...@hendrik-sattler.de> wrote: > > > Am 14. Februar 2018 21:47:24 MEZ schrieb Kim Walisch < > kim.wali...@gmail.com>: > >Thanks, I got it working! > > > >Unfortunately I could not make the generator expression work inside > >PrimesieveConfig.cmake.in, here is the error message: > > > >CMake Error: > > Error evaluating generator expression: > > $<BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:libprimesieve> > > Expression did not evaluate to a known generator expression > > > >Note that in my main CMakeLists.txt the generator expression worked > >fine. But I figured out I don't actually need the generator expression, > >the following code inside my PrimesieveConfig.cmake.in does the trick: > > > >if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) > > This is IMHO using the wrong variable! This variable tells that I want to > build MY libs as static, not that I want to link 3rdParty libs statically! > At least this is surprising behavior. > > OTOH and luckily, there are still the real targets to choose from. > > >This trick is also used by the c-ares library: > > Others also doing this wrong does not make it any better. > > HS > > -- > Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail > gesendet. > -- > > 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: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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