[CMake] Globally Set Target Properties

[Schuchard, Matthew]

Thanks, I think I must be doing something wrong elsewhere then, because I follow the same syntax as what you wrote.
However, it is not working for me which means my error must be somewhere else.
I had thought, based on a stack overflow link, that CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX was only for linking to libraries, but I see now it is also for linking built libraries.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Wild [mailto:themiwi at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:34 AM
To: Schuchard, Matthew
Cc: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: Re: Globally Set Target Properties

Sorry, I misread your message. The following works for me:

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
project(static)

set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX)

add_library(a STATIC a.c)
add_library(b STATIC b.c)
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Michael

On 11/07/2011 05:14 PM, Schuchard, Matthew wrote:
> Thanks for the response.
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> Actually, that is what I want to do:
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> "> Specifically, I need to remove the prefix "lib" from all statically
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>> linked libraries I build."
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> Also, I do not have to specify full paths to libraries I link to 
> because of the CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX command I had mentioned in 
> the initial message.
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> Do you know if is possible to set global properties of targets like I 
> am trying to?
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> *From:*Schuchard, Matthew
> *Sent:* Monday, November 07, 2011 11:06 AM
> *To:* Schuchard, Matthew
> *Subject:* Globally Set Target Properties
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> On 11/07/2011 04:15 PM, Schuchard, Matthew wrote:
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>>/I am trying to globally set target properties for an entire
> configuration. /
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>>//
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>>/Specifically, I need to remove the prefix "lib" from all statically /
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>>/linked libraries I build. /
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>>//
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>>/  /
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>>//
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>>/I already used CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX "" such that all libraries 
>>I /
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>>/explicitly link to will not have CMake search for libraries of format 
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>>/"libfoo.a" but rather "foo.a" when I specify "foo." /
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>>//
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>>/  /
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>>//
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>>/However, I cannot seem to globally specify that all target libraries 
>>/
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>>/which are statically linked which I build have the prefix removed. /
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>>//
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>>/  /
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>>//
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>>/I have tried set_target_properties with Unix wildcards to no avail. /
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>>//
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>>/I have also tried set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY PREFIX "") and /
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>>/set_property(TARGET PROPERTY PREFIX "") which were both unsuccessful 
>>(or /
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>>/maybe I needed to force the cache, but cache was already an argument 
>>in /
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>>/the usage statement providing other functionality so I assumed its /
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>>/normal functionality as an argument was unavailable). /
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>>//
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>>/Could not find any help on Google either. /
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>>/  /
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>>//
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>>/There is also the possibility this is impossible to do with CMake, so 
>>if /
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>>/someone can verify that I would also be appreciative. /
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>>//
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> *From:**Michael Wild* themiwi at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cmake%40cmake.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCMake%5D%20Globally%20Set
> %20Target%20Properties&In-Reply-To=%3C4EB7F7A2.50903%40gmail.com%3E>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 07, 2011 10:56 AM
> *To:* Schuchard, Matthew
> *Subject:* Globally Set Target Properties
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> These properties apply to targets *create* by CMake, that's not what 
> you
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> want. In your case, simply specify the absolute path to the library
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> file. E.g.
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> target_link_libraries(bar /usr/lib/foo.a)
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> If you want to use find_library to find these libraries, have a look 
> at
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> CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES.
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> HTH
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> Michael
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