> Am Wednesday 15 September 2010 schrieb David Cole: >> find_library always looks for *.lib files on Windows. Those are the ones >> that need to be passed to the linker. The *.dll files are the ones that >> need to be there at runtime in order to run correctly. >> >> This behavior is intended, by design, and is working correctly. > > IIRC at least newer versions of MinGW can link directly against dll's. >
MinGW can do this however all versions of Visual Studio require an import library. In VS linking to the .lib is necessary even though the executable code is in the .dlls John _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
