Hello,
some projects I am working on are built using CMake and MinGW on
Windows. It works fine, unfortunately there are come inconsistencies
regarding the names of the generated libraries. Some are prefixed with
"lib" like on Unix systems, some are not, like usual on Windows.
It seems that this can be controlled easily by adding the following
lines in the top CMakeLists.txt:
if(MINGW)
set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
endif()
As a CMake beginner, I still have some questions though:
1. Are there some side-effects? For instance, can it cause libraries not
to be found when using them across projects?
2. Should I use if(WIN32) rather than if(MINGW)?
3. Why isn't CMake doing that by default? The convention of the target
platform should prevail over the convention of the toolchain, shouldn't it?
Thanks!
Olivier
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