[CMake] Problem with library link order

[J Decker]

library link order is exactly as you specify in target_link_libraries...
each line following the last of the prior list.... so reording your library
link list should be doable

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Tom Kacvinsky <tom.kacvinsky at vectorcast.com
> wrote:

> HI,
>
> I am using cmake 2.8,11.2 on Linux.  I am having a problem with the order
> of libraries on the link line.  In particular, there are some static
> archives we build that depend on a third party static archive (one we don't
> build - it comes with the Ada compiler we are using), yet the tghird part
> archive is on the link line (as given by the link.txt file) *before* the
> static archives we build.  There are also problems with duplicated shared
> libraries and a few other issues related to linking.  I have not bee able
> to suss out what cmake is doing to construct the list of link libraries
> used, and how it orders them.  It is very important that we have the right
> order of libraries
>
> Unfortunately, our cmake files are too complicated to post here, and also
> depend on a working Ada compiler plus the plplot projects Ada support cmake
> "modules".  Coming up with a simple reproducer is also difficult given the
> latter constaints.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?  If there is a heuristic I can
> follow - like ordering our libraries in target_link_libraries() differently
> - I would like to hear about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
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