[CMake] building a library named 'general'

[Michael DiCuccio]

Yes, that works.


On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Matthew Woehlke <
matthew.woehlke at kitware.com> wrote:

> On 2013-11-19 19:07, Michael DiCuccio wrote:
>
>> Suppose you have a library named general:
>>
>> -----
>> add_library(general foo bar)
>> -----
>>
>> ....and then try to link it into an application:
>>
>> -----
>> add_executable(myapp baz)
>> target_link_libraries(myapp general)
>> -----
>>
>> cmake complains about the fact that 'general' is a reserved keyword, and I
>> have found no way to force or finagle linkage against a library named
>> 'libgeneral'.
>>
>
> Name the target something else (e.g. 'libgeneral') and modify its
> OUTPUT_NAME? (See set_target_properties and the OUTPUT_NAME property.)
>
> If all you need is to produce a 'libgeneral.so', that may suffice. If you
> also need the target name to be 'general'...
>
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> Matthew
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