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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a project with a shared library that depends on some external static libraries. Those are CMake imported targets. It appears that my shared library does not get rebuild when the external libraries are updated. (It would need to be relinked). Is this expected?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A bit more info on my set-up:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CMake 3.8.0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visual Studio Community 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some content of my CMakeLists.txt (the external libraries are set in $(STIR_LIBRARIES}). Full project is on https://github.com/CCPPETMR/SIRF/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'># static library depending on external<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>add_library(cstir cstir_p.cpp)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>target_link_libraries(cstir ${STIR_LIBRARIES})<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'># shared library depending on external (probably not necessary as depends on cstir already)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>add_library(mstir SHARED mstir.c)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>target_link_libraries(mstir cstir ${STIR_LIBRARIES})<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>When checking the Visual Studio project, mstir has a “Reference” to cstir, but neither of them refers to any of the externals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Kris</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>