Hello all, In the project I am collaborating on, CMake is used in Windows in order to generate a Visual C++ solution to be compiled afterwards. In this process, everything seems to work fine as the external directories and libraries are well included and everything compiles and so. However, we are experiencing problems with the directory in which our dll library is to be created. We specify in CMake that the directory is ../lib but when checking the configuration in Visual C++ software, it seems to be ../bin/Release directory, so the library is generated there. The CMake sentences we wrote regarding this issue are as follows:
SET(LIB_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib") SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${LIB_DIR} CACHE PATH "Directory for libraries") According to the documentation: CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: Where to put all the LIBRARY targets when built. This variable is used to initialize the LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY property on all the targets. See that target property for additional information. Also, the documentation regarding LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY shows: LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: Output directory in which to build LIBRARY target files. This property specifies the directory into which library target files should be built. There are three kinds of target files that may be built: archive, library, and runtime. Executables are always treated as runtime targets. Static libraries are always treated as archive targets. Module libraries are always treated as library targets. For non-DLL platforms shared libraries are treated as library targets. For DLL platforms the DLL part of a shared library is treated as a runtime target and the corresponding import library is treated as an archive target. All Windows-based systems including Cygwin are DLL platforms. This property is initialized by the value of the variable CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY if it is set when a target is created. However, when the project is generated, the library output directory is not the one specified, but the one I mentioned above. If anyone has any idea why this may be happening, it would be appreciated. The binaries, on the other hand, as generated in their correct directory. Thank you in advance. _______________________________________________ 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