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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I think I found a bug in cmake, but since I am a bloody beginner with cmake don’t hit me when I am wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cmake Version:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>2.8.0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Error:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If I add a library using add_library(…) and the name of the lib contains a dot cmake will produce some wrong dependencies or use a wrong lib output name.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>How to reproduce:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Create a folder “b”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Put a file “b.c” in “b”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Create a cmakelist with this content in “b”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>FILE(GLOB src "*.c")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>ADD_LIBRARY(b ${src})<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Create a folder “e”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Put a file “e.c” in “e”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Create a cmakelist with this content in “e”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>FILE(GLOB src "*.c")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>ADD_EXECUTABLE(e ${src})<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(e b.b)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>In the parentfolder of “e” and “b” place a cmaklist with this content<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>project(Prj)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>add_subdirectory(b)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>add_subdirectory(e)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Result:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you do the above and let cmake create the project files (vs2010 and vs2008 in my case) cmake will create a solution that want work. The reason is pretty simple. The executable will be dependent on a lib called b.b.lib which is correct. But the lib will never be created because project b.b will create a lib which is named “b.lib”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Background:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I came across this when I was using Ogre3D and plugin which consists of 2 libs which are using cmake for the buildmanagement and one of the libs has a dot in the name. I know that I can rename that lib in the files or rename it in the solution etc. but what are buildsystems for when we have to mess around with the files </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Let me know what you guys think </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>