When you dumb out the contents of VTK_LIBRARIES do you see ';/home2/softmassot/eb/Compiler/GCCcore/7.2.0/Python/2.7.14-bare/lib/libpython2.7.so'.
In general CMake will only stop using the absolute path of a library when the library resides in an implicit directory provided by the compiler. On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 4:13 PM Ruben Di Battista <rubendibatti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your answer, > > The thing is that, since the Python dependency comes from VTK, I checked in > the VTK install directory all the CMake configuration files (In particulare > the UseVTK.cmake) file to see if they keep the Python path somewhere. > > And it happens that yes, they do. > If I run: `grep -e 'python2.7' -r <PATH_TO_VTK/lib/cmake/vtk-7.1>`, I > actually get that in the file `VTKTargets.cmake`and in the > `Modules/vtkPython.cmake` they actually keep the path of the python used to > compile VTK. > > For example in VTKTargets.cmake, you find: > > set_target_properties(vtkWrappingPythonCore PROPERTIES > INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES > "vtkCommonCore;/home2/softmassot/eb/Compiler/GCCcore/7.2.0/Python/2.7.14-bare/lib/libpython2.7.so;vtksys" > ) > > So when I link my test target to ${VTK_LIBRARIES}, shouldn't it also be able > to retrieve the right python library from the target properties? > > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:56 PM Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: >> >> It's the quick and easy way to do it. >> >> However, I'd suggest looking at getting CMake to use the proper path >> without it. Can you use any module-specific variables like >> PYTHON_LIBRARY to override the search. Or even just add to >> CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. (Does VTK support imported targets?) >> >> Regards, >> Roger >> >> On 02/08/18 20:43, Ruben Di Battista wrote: >> > Hi Roger, >> > so I explicitly passing the LDFLAGS is the way to go? >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:41 PM Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net >> > <mailto:rle...@codelibre.net>> wrote: >> > >> > On 02/08/18 20:03, Ruben Di Battista wrote: >> > >> > > I'm running cmake on a system where I have module-loaded software >> > such >> > > that `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` gets populated by the module (actually I'm >> > using >> > > Lmod) function. >> > >> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used by the *runtime* linker, ld.so. It is not used >> > when linking at *build* time, with ld. >> -- >> >> 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: >> https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > > > -- > _ > -. .´ |∞∞∞∞ > ', ; |∞∞∞∞∞∞ > ˜˜ |∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ RdB > ,., |∞∞∞∞∞∞ > .' '. |∞∞∞∞ > -' `' > https://rdb.is > > -- > > 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: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- 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: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake