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0014791CMakeCMakepublic2014-03-06 10:212016-06-10 14:31
ReporterPhilipp Möller 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformLinuxOSArch LinuxOS Version
Product VersionCMake 2.8.12.2 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0014791: Allow link directories to be set per target
DescriptionCurrently it is not possible to specify the directories in which libraries for linking are to be searched on a per target basis. This is a standard flag in most compilers.

Usually specifying the directory in which libraries are searched for is not necessary as CMake convention is to use full paths for libraries. Unfortunately, specifying the directory **only** (and not the actual libraries) is necessary to get the Visual Studio auto-linking feature to work which is used by several C++ libraries (Boost, CGAL).

A common thing for VS users is to do:

find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system) # checks omitted
add_executable(main main.cpp) # executable using Boost.system
link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}) # global sucks, enable this per target
# set includes and so on
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-03-06 10:21Philipp MöllerNew Issue
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042501
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotStatusnew => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0042501)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:29   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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