[CMake] add_library(... MODULE ...) naming scheme

Russell L. Carter rcarter at esturion.net
Mon Jan 30 19:48:45 EST 2012


On 01/30/2012 03:09 PM, Eric Noulard wrote:
> 2012/1/30 Russell L. Carter <rcarter at esturion.net>:

[...]

>> I would like to get rid of the "lib" prefix.  I am happy with the
>> default suffix generation.  Is there an easy way to get rid of the
>> "lib" prefix?
>>

[...]

> 
> cmake --help-property PREFIX
> cmake --help-variable CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX
> 
> for easy finding out about "prefix"
> cmake --help-property-list | grep -i prefix
> cmake --help-variable-list | grep  -i prefix
> 
> 

Aha.  Very nice.  I see that from these clues that I need to
set(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX) in my module making
macro, and indeed, that works like a champ.  I do like
the scheme for finding out about variables and properties.

Thanks Eric!
Russell


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