[CMake] setting LINK_DIRECTORIES depanding on debug/release build VS8

[Bill Hoffman]

Christoph John wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using CMake 2.4 patch 6 under Windows to generate makefiles for VS8.
> I am trying to set LINK_DIRECTORIES depending on the optimized or debug build of the project. I have not found a way to do this.
>
> my link libraries are under PATH/debug/*.lib and PATH/release/*.lib and have the same names. I already tried putting the relative path into TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES but this even does not work. 
> Therefore my question, how can I set the LINK_DIRECTORIES path depending on the build? Thanks a lot.
>   
The best way to do this is to not use LINK_DIRECTORIES.   Instead use 
target_link_libraries, and give the FULL path to the library you want to 
link to.  CMake should then do the right thing.

-Bill