[CMake] Can find_package(...) distinguish between debug and release installs?

[Bo Zhou]

Hi,

Generally speaking, no, you might have to use the suffix or special name to
distinguish the different library, such as with the "_d" suffix.

The Boost module of CMake is a considerable example, since it could
generate different names for Debug and Release libraries on Windows.

At POSIX(UNIX, OSX, Linux), sometimes user mixes the library, it still
works well. On Windows, it's dangerous or even won't work with mixed
libraries which were built by different Visual Studios with different
runtime libraries.

Cheers.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Saad Khattak <saadrustam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When find_package(LibA) sets the LibA_FOUND variable, is it possible to
> know if the package found is the Debug or Release build (or both)? I have a
> fairly complex build setup where I need to be able to distinguish if
> find_package(LibA) found a Debug or Release build.
>
> - Saad
>
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