It shouldn't truncate paths if specified... cause of course if we want to test against a dev version then maybe the script knows better. But neither should it add the full path if it's not specified in the script.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Nils Gladitz <nilsglad...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/18/2014 07:52 AM, Volker Pilipp wrote: > >> That actually does the trick. But it's not nice, because there are many >> targets in the project. >> Actually, I do not know about any use case, where cmake should replace a >> full path to a lib >> by its "-l" shortcut. >> > > There are as far as I understand two use cases. > > - The library does not have a SONAME > Linking to the library by path would embed the full path of the library > in the target rather than just the name (which is what it does with -l or > when the library does have a SONAME set) > > - The second use case I am not familiar with myself but the explanation in > the code is: > // Many system linkers support multiple architectures by > // automatically selecting the implicit linker search path for the > // current architecture. If the library appears in an implicit link > // directory then just report the file name without the directory > // portion. This will allow the system linker to locate the proper > // library for the architecture at link time. > > > Nils > -- > > 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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