I'm using CMake 3.2.3. I really need to be able to add options to LINK_FLAGS using generator expressions. When I use LINK_FLAGS with set_target_properties or set_property, generator expressions are not expanded.
I noticed that the documentation for target_link_libraries says: "Item names starting with -, but not -l or -framework, are treated as linker flags...." So I tried setting options with target_link_libraries. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Some generator expressions (e.g. $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:target>) error out during generation: "Expressions which require the linker language may not be used while evaluating link libraries". In case where the generator expressions do evaluate, the VS generator treats all options as if they were link libraries, so my options end-up in the list of libraries to link. For example, I end-up with -PDBSTRIPPED:c:/path/to/lib/mylib.pdb in the Linker>Additional Dependencies setting. I'm really stuck. How can I set linker flags that use generator expressions?
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