On 3 March 2016 at 22:02, Nils Gladitz <nilsglad...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03.03.2016 22:57, Dan Liew wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I noticed recently is you do something like this >> >> add_executable(foo a.cpp b.cpp) >> set_property(TARGET shell APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-fopenmp") >> set_property(TARGET shell APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-static") >> >> then the flags that end up being passed to the compiler during linking >> are like this. >> >> gcc -g -O0 -fopenmp;-static >> >> It looks like when using the property with APPEND it becomes a list >> but when emitted the list isn't expanded properly. I noticed this >> using CMake 3.4.3 using the "Unix Makefile" generator. >> >> Is this intentional or is this a bug? > > > LINK_FLAGS is not a list property; flags have to be whitespace separated. > You can use APPEND_STRING instead of APPEND for this.
Thanks for this. Shouldn't the fact that ``LINK_FLAGS`` is a string property and not a list property be in the ``cmake-properties`` documentation? The version of the documentation for my version of CMake (3.4.3) doesn't say what the property type is. Thanks, Dan. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
