I've been struggling to use ninja-generator with imported libraries in CMake on Windows. The issue started when I moved some third-party code in the project to an external project using find_package. I have since reduced the issue to a minimally reproducible example:
add_library(foo STATIC IMPORTED) set_property(TARGET foo PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION E:/path/to/foo.lib) target_link_libraries(bar foo) This produces a Ninja error: ninja : error : 'E:/path/to/foo.lib', needed by 'bar', missing and no known rule to make it I should note that the path to the lib exists, and in fact, this config works on other generators, such as NMake and Unix Makefiles. The issue is "fixed" upon manually editing build.ninja and removing this from the bar link target: E$:/path/to/foo.lib What's the deal? Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated. -- *Brendan Heinonen*
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