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0014791

CMake

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2014-03-06 10:21

2016-06-10 14:31

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Philipp Möller

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Kitware Robot

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

moved

Platform

Linux

Arch Linux

OS Version

Product Version

CMake 2.8.12.2

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0014791: Allow link directories to be set per target

Description

Currently 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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(0042501) 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
2014-03-06 10:21	Philipp Möller	New Issue
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042501
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Status	new => 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