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0014311

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2013-07-25 05:19

2016-06-10 14:31

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Nikita Krupenko

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Kitware Robot

Priority

normal

Severity

major

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

moved

Platform

x86

Windows

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Product Version

CMake 2.8.11.2

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Fixed in Version

Summary

0014311: CMake cannot install imported targets

Description

I use ExternalProject for building non-Cmake projects and add imported targets for that projects. For example:

ExternalProject_add(mylib_proj ...)
add_library(mylib SHARED IMPORTED)
set_target_properties(mylib PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ...)
add_dependencies(mylib mylib_proj)

I can link with that library, but CMake cannot install them. This code

install(TARGETS mylib DESTINATION ...)

produces following error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:48 (install):
install TARGETS given target "mylib" which does not exist in this
directory.

Because of broken install packaging using CPack also not working.

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(0033603) Brad King (manager) 2013-07-25 08:32	Imported targets were originally designed for importing from an existing installation of some external package so installing did not make sense at the time. Later this interaction with ExternalProject was invented. ExternalProject_add supports an INSTALL_COMMAND step to use the external build-system's own install rules. If it doesn't have any then you could also use install(SCRIPT) or install(CODE) add custom install code for them.

(0033604) Nikita Krupenko (reporter) 2013-07-25 08:38	How can I pack this imported targets with CPack? To do so, I must use the install() command.

(0033605) Nikita Krupenko (reporter) 2013-07-25 08:44	I also found one solution: get_target_property(MYLIB_LOCATION mylib LOCATION) install(FILES ${MYLIB_LOCATION} DESTINATION ...) This works, but maybe install command can be improved to handle imported targets.

(0033606) Brad King (manager) 2013-07-25 08:53	Since the example includes set_target_properties(mylib PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ...) where the "..." knows the location already you don't need to get the LOCATION property.

(0039836) Kishore Jonnalagadda (reporter) 2015-11-05 01:39	This is also useful when including prebuilt library binaries in the project. add_library(prebuilt STATIC IMPORTED) set_property(TARGET prebuilt PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libprebuilt.a) install(TARGETS other_built_targets prebuilt EXPORT project-export RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib ) Making prebuilt an imported target makes in convenient to use in the project and treats it further like any other target.

(0040877) Alex Turbov (reporter) 2016-04-18 01:17	+1 for the last comment from Kishore Jonnalagadda! I have exacly the same case now :(

(0041062) AleXoundOS (reporter) 2016-05-12 15:09	+1 for Kishore Jonnalagadda's comment

(0042326) Kitware Robot (administrator) 2016-06-10 14:29	Resolving issue as `moved`. This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-07-25 05:19	Nikita Krupenko	New Issue
2013-07-25 08:32	Brad King	Note Added: 0033603
2013-07-25 08:32	Brad King	Status	new => backlog
2013-07-25 08:38	Nikita Krupenko	Note Added: 0033604
2013-07-25 08:44	Nikita Krupenko	Note Added: 0033605
2013-07-25 08:53	Brad King	Note Added: 0033606
2015-11-05 01:39	Kishore Jonnalagadda	Note Added: 0039836
2016-04-18 01:17	Alex Turbov	Note Added: 0040877
2016-05-12 15:09	AleXoundOS	Note Added: 0041062
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042326
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Status	backlog => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Resolution	open => moved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Assigned To	=> Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31	Kitware Robot	Status	resolved => closed