[cmake-developers] Importing platform SDK libraries without a full path

[Stephen Kelly]

Brad King <brad.king at ...> writes:

> >> Actually I think this can and should be done for INTERFACE libraries
> >> even without IMPORTED_LIBNAME.  I'll look at factoring this part out
> >> into a preceding commit.
> > 
> > Cool, I think reviewing that separately would be preferable. 
> > 
> > I'm interested to see what it looks like without IMPORTED_LIBNAME and where 
> > the default mapping will come from then, or if there just won't be a
default 
> > mapping until the INTERFACE library becomes 'particular' to something else 
> > with IMPORTED_LIBNAME.
> 
> I agree.  We should resolve configuration mapping for INTERFACE
> libraries first.
> 
> I need to revert the 'imported-interface-libname' topic from 'next'
> in preparation for the 3.3 freeze anyway.  After that we can return
> first to INTERFACE configuration mapping and later to link items.

I wonder if you plan do resolve this part in the coming cycle? I think
resolving that part would help me to understand the rest of your proposal in
the thread.

Thanks,

Steve.