[CMake] OBJECT libraries and dependencies

[Leif Walsh]

Thanks for the information.

Unfortunately I don't have familiarity with that, so I will just have to
wait.  But thanks!


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Stephen Kelly <steveire at gmail.com> wrote:

> Leif Walsh wrote:
>
> > This looks like probably what I want, though I need to sit down and read
> > the whole thread carefully.
> >
> > What's the timeline for this?  Anything in particular blocking it?  Any
> > way I can help?
>
> One of the reasons it is not already possible to link to object libraries
> is
> to side-step issues of transitive behavior, I understand.
>
> Hopefully by CMake 3.1 targets will support an INTERFACE_SOURCES property.
> That together with INTERFACE libraries from CMake 3.0 should give you lots
> of control over the transitive nature of such libraries. It may also become
> possible to link to actual object libraries too in the process. I don't
> know
> yet.
>
> The work is blocked by the need to refactor the IDE generators to use the
> cmGeneratorTarget::GetExternalObjects method.
>
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.devel/9529/focus=9535
>
> I think resolving that would require familiarity with some of the CMake C++
> implementation and some of the pre-VS10 IDEs and generators or Xcode.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve.
>
>
> --
>
> Powered by www.kitware.com
>
> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at:
> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ
>
> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more
> information on each offering, please visit:
>
> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html
> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html
> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html
>
> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>
> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
>



-- 
Cheers,
Leif
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/attachments/20140304/9f3723b3/attachment-0001.html>