Please consider the following patch for inclusion in cmake. The problem is that when a project contains a FOO.DLL and a FOO.EXE, the cmake generator tries to build FOO.LIB for both. The FOO.EXE does not need a FOO.LIB.
$ diff -urp CMake-3.7.0-orig/ CMake-3.7.0 Only in CMake-3.7.0: build diff -urp CMake-3.7.0-orig/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx CMake-3.7.0/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx --- CMake-3.7.0-orig/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx 2016-11-11 15:24:18.000000000 +0100 +++ CMake-3.7.0/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx 2016-11-28 14:28:26.344898900 +0100 @@ -2310,7 +2310,9 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Co imLib += "/"; imLib += targetNameImport; - linkOptions.AddFlag("ImportLibrary", imLib.c_str()); + if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetType() != cmState::EXECUTABLE) { + linkOptions.AddFlag("ImportLibrary", imLib.c_str()); + } linkOptions.AddFlag("ProgramDataBaseFile", pdb.c_str()); // A Windows Runtime component uses internal .NET metadata, -- 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-developers