[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014885]: Linking to frameworks in Xcode generator is buggy

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14885 
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Reported By:                Aggelos Kolaitis
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14885
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   high
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2014-04-18 02:43 EDT
Last Modified:              2014-04-18 02:43 EDT
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Summary:                    Linking to frameworks in Xcode generator is buggy
Description: 
When using the Xcode generator, even though CMake can properly find all
frameworks, the building process will fail with 'framework not found' errors. In
a discussion in the CMake mailing list, someone suggested that this happens
because Apple no longer looks in /Library/Frameworks and ~/Library/Frameworks by
default.

Steps to Reproduce: 
Unzip the attached archive, you will see the following tree:

cmake_bug/
| CMakeLists.txt
| dummy.c
| FindSDL2.cmake

Download http://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.3.dmg and install SDL2.framework in
/Library/Frameworks or ~/Library/Frameworks.

Run CMake and choose the Xcode generator. You should see this in the cache:

> SDL2_LIBRARY      /Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework

Hit generate and open the Xcode project. Building will fail with 'SDL2:
framework not found'.

I can provide more information if needed.



Additional Information: 
* A quick workaround is to link directly to the actual SDL2 dylib, but this is
not a fix.

> SDL2_LIBRARY      /Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/SDL2 

* I haven't tested other frameworks other than SDL2 because I don't own a Mac,
this has been reported by my users, but I was able to reproduce it in my
friend's Macbook.

* This does not happen if I choose the makefile generator.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2014-04-18 02:43 Aggelos KolaitisNew Issue                                    
2014-04-18 02:43 Aggelos KolaitisFile Added: cmake_bug.zip                    
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