[CMake] Need ability to install only dll portion of target (no lib)

[James Bigler]

Awesome!  That worked.

Thanks,
James

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>
> INSTALL(TARGETS mytarget
>  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT Runtime
>  LIBRARY DESTINATION bin COMPONENT Runtime
>  )
>
> The .lib gets installed if you specify the ARCHIVE DESTINATION or just plain
> DESTINATION.
>
> Clint
>
> James Bigler wrote:
>>
>> When using install(TARGET) with a shared library, I get both the dll
>> and the .lib (if there were exports) installed.  I'm trying to do a
>> binary distribution, and I don't need or want the .lib portion.
>>
>> Is there a way to tell cmake to not install the .lib portion?
>>
>> I filed a bug on this, but there hasn't been any response on it.
>> http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=8781
>>
>> The bug basically proposes using a special location (perhaps /dev/null
>> on all platforms) which is understood to mean don't install that
>> component.
>>
>> Setting a target property also won't work, because I want to install
>> the library more than once (once for devs and once for binaries).
>>
>> Would a possible work around be running some kind of script after
>> things are installed and remove the offending file?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
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