[CMake] dependency problem

[Torri, Stephen CIV NSWCDD, W15]

> From: cmake-bounces at cmake.org on behalf of Yifei Li
> Sent: Tue 6/8/2010 3:23 PM
> To: cmake at cmake.org
> Subject: [CMake] dependency problem
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm new to cmake, can anyone help me with the following situation:
> 
>  I have a project which will generate following targets:  1) the application and a shared library, say MyLib.  2) some 
> plugins(which are also shared libraries) that need to link MyLib, each plugin has its own cmakelists.txt
> 
> The problem is when CMakeLists.txt for a plugin is parsed, MyLib does not exist.
> 
> What is the correct way to handle this situation?

So the plugin depends on MyLib. I would look at adding a add_dependcies to the plugin CMakeLists.txt.

http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake-2-8-docs.html#command:add_dependencies

Stephen