[cmake-developers] Generating imported library targets without the cmake executable

[Brad King]

On 11/29/2011 8:40 PM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> Nevertheless, personally I would also provide the Qt5Core_LIBRARY
>> variable, so if somebody wants to have a look what that variable currently
>> actually is (would by the name if the imported target), he can do that,
>> and then maybe do something with the target name.
>> This is harder if there is only the plural version of the variables.
>> I'd say those singular versions are not strictly necessary, but they don't
>> hurt and can in some cases be useful.
>
> If it's a cached variable, someone could potentially redefine QtCore_LIBRARY

Alex was proposing simply to provide the singular name as a variable but not
to cache it.  The only reason to cache a variable is when we're searching and
need to let the user help out or override.  In a Config.cmake file we know
the answer.

-Brad