> >> I would change the name of your target to help_something, then use > >> OUTPUT_NAME to change it back to help. > >> > >> set_target_properties(MyHelp PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME Help) > > > > Thanks Bill. Though I don't particularly like the idea, I thought I > > would give it a try anyway. However, because I am still working on > > that plugin, I currently need to refer to my 'plugin' when linking my > application (i.e. > > within TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES). And, when doing that, I get a linking > > error about my 'plugin' not being found. If I change the name of my > > plugin project back to "Help", then the linking works fine. > > Interestingly, in both cases and as expected, the 'plugin' is properly > > generated. It's just that if the project name for my 'plugin' is not > > the same as the filename for the corresponding binary, then it can't be > found during linking...!? > > > > So, I can see your suggestion to work if my 'plugin' was working as a > > proper plugin (i.e. no need to refer to it from within > > TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES for my application), but that's the case yet, so it > doesn't work for me... > > > > I would have to see the code, but it should work. If you are using > target_link_libraries with the target name (the correct thing to do), you will > need to change the target name in that spot as well. > > Like this: > > add_library(myhelp help.c) > set_target_properties(myhelp PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME Help) > add_executable(foo foo.c) target_link_libraries(foo myhelp)
Ok, it must be because it's the end of the week. In other words, I re-implemented it all (I had to revert earlier so that I could carry on with my work) and now it's working fine. Good and sorry for the confusion! Alan _______________________________________________ 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
