[CMake] Newbie question

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-02-25 13:34-0500 Christian Convey wrote:

> (Couldn't spot this in the docs - sorry if it's obvious...)
>
> I've got a project that involves a library, and several demo apps that
> use that library.
>
> - Is there a strong reason to avoid using a single CMake file to
> express the logic for building the library and the apps?

No.  This is done all the time.

>
> - How do I express the fact that each app is dependent on the library
> already being built?  (When I use "TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES", cmake seems
> upset that the library, which hasn't yet been built, doesn't exist at
> the time I run cmake.)

You probably have to reorder how your targets are specified. The ADD_LIBRARY
and ADD_EXECUTABLE commands should occur before your TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES
command.

Alan
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