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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Actually, that is what I want to do:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">> Specifically, I need to remove the prefix “lib” from all statically<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">> linked libraries I build.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Also, I do not have to specify full paths to libraries I link to because of the CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX command I had mentioned in the initial message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Do you know if is possible to set global properties of targets like I am trying to?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Schuchard, Matthew
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 07, 2011 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Schuchard, Matthew<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Globally Set Target Properties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">On 11/07/2011 04:15 PM, Schuchard, Matthew wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> I am trying to globally set target properties for an entire configuration.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> Specifically, I need to remove the prefix “lib” from all statically<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> linked libraries I build.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> I already used CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX “” such that all libraries I<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> explicitly link to will not have CMake search for libraries of format<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> “libfoo.a” but rather “foo.a” when I specify “foo.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> However, I cannot seem to globally specify that all target libraries<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> which are statically linked which I build have the prefix removed.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> I have tried set_target_properties with Unix wildcards to no avail.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> I have also tried set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY PREFIX “”) and<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> set_property(TARGET PROPERTY PREFIX “”) which were both unsuccessful (or<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> maybe I needed to force the cache, but cache was already an argument in<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> the usage statement providing other functionality so I assumed its<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> normal functionality as an argument was unavailable).<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> Could not find any help on Google either.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> There is also the possibility this is impossible to do with CMake, so if<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i> someone can verify that I would also be appreciative.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
</span><b>Michael Wild</b> <a href="mailto:cmake%40cmake.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCMake%5D%20Globally%20Set%20Target%20Properties&In-Reply-To=%3C4EB7F7A2.50903%40gmail.com%3E" title="[CMake] Globally Set Target Properties">
themiwi at gmail.com </a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 07, 2011 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Schuchard, Matthew<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Globally Set Target Properties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">These properties apply to targets *create* by CMake, that's not what you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">want. In your case, simply specify the absolute path to the library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">file. E.g.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">target_link_libraries(bar /usr/lib/foo.a)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">If you want to use find_library to find these libraries, have a look at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">HTH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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