[CMake] link_directories issue, cmake 2.8.5

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 25.11.11 15:06:02, Vladimir Chebotarev wrote:
> Hi, Michael.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 03:37:38AM +0100, Michael Hertling wrote:
> > On 11/23/2011 05:39 PM, Vladimir Chebotarev wrote:
> > > I've just found an issue with link_directories and cmake 2.8.5.
> > > If I give an absolute but not normalized path like
> > > c:/bla-bla-bla/../bla/bla as its argument (with default CMP0015),
> > > cmake thinks it is relative path and shows a warning about explicitly undefined policy.
> > > Also it normalizes path making it relative and actually makes a mistake
> > > during that, so the final VC project can't find the path to library.
> > 
> > Take that path, use it to fully specify the library's location and
> > eliminate LINK_DIRECTORIES() from your project, cf. [1]. Then, if
> > things still don't work, report anew on the persisting problems.
> 
> Actually, I already have normalized the path by myself, using get_filename_component,
> and everything is ok at the moment.
> Original message should have been treated as a bug report, however,

If you want to report a bug, report it on
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/my_view_page.php. 

> if you wish, I could make further investigations about link_directories.

The point that Michael tried to get across is that you avoid
link_directories as much as possible. It has various drawbacks as
explained in the link that Michael included.

Andreas