Hi Cedric. add_custom_target() does not work the way you think it does. The arguments given after the target name are commands which the custom target will execute. So what your custom target `statphys` does is execute a program named `simol-statphys`. When `simol-statphys` was the name of an executable target, CMake figured out a dependency based on this and arranged it so that `simol-statphys` is built first and then executed.
However, when `simol-statphys` is a library target, it does not receive this special treatment; and why would it, since you cannot execute a library. Therefore, it simply tries to execute a program named `simol-statphys` and, expectedly, fails. If I understand your intention with the custom target correctly, you want to have a shorthand alias for the target in the makefile. The correct syntax to achieve that would be: add_custom_target(statphys) add_dependencies(statphys simol-statphys) Hope this helps. Petr On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Cedric Doucet <cedric.dou...@inria.fr> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have the following script: > ================================= > > file(GLOB_RECURSE statphys "*.cpp") > > > #add_library(simol-statphys SHARED ${statphys}) > add_executable(simol-statphys ${statphys}) > > > add_dependencies(simol-statphys simol-core) > > add_custom_target(statphys simol-statphys) > > > target_link_libraries(simol-statphys simol-core) > > target_link_libraries(simol-statphys > ${ARMADILLO_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libarmadillo.so) > target_link_libraries(simol-statphys > ${YAMLCPP_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libyaml-cpp.a) > > ================================= > > > I would like generate a shared library simol-statphys instead of an > executable simol-statphys. > > In other words, I would like to replace the call to add_executable, to the > one which is contained in the comment below this call. > > > However, if I do this, and I type > > > make statphys > > > I get the following error message: > > > Scanning dependencies of target statphys > /bin/sh: 1: simol-statphys: not found > make[3]: *** [src/modules/statphys/CMakeFiles/statphys] Erreur 127 > make[2]: *** [src/modules/statphys/CMakeFiles/statphys.dir/all] Erreur 2 > make[1]: *** [src/modules/statphys/CMakeFiles/statphys.dir/rule] Erreur 2 > make: *** [statphys] Erreur 2 > > > Does someone can explain me where do the problem come from? > > > Cédric > > > -- > > 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 >
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