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0008541CMakeCMakepublic2009-02-16 08:222016-06-10 14:30
ReporterMartin Apel 
Assigned ToBill Hoffman 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0008541: LINK_FLAGS property interferes with implib option for MSVC linker
DescriptionWhen using the LINK_FLAGS property on a target to set additional options for a shared library under Windows, the import library is not generated into the correct place.
The nmake generator generates a wrong link command without any 'implib' directive, which causes the import library to be put into the same directory as the DLL.
Without the LINK_FLAGS property the problem does not occur.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2009-02-16 08:22Martin ApelNew Issue
2009-02-24 10:13Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0015326
2009-02-24 10:14Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2009-02-24 10:14Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2009-02-25 06:10Martin ApelNote Added: 0015371
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041503
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0015326)
Bill Hoffman   
2009-02-24 10:13   
Can you attach an example of this?
(0015371)
Martin Apel   
2009-02-25 06:10   
It's really strange. I tried to reproduce the issue with 2.6.3, but the problem is not exactly the same anymore. The version I used, when I reported the original issue, was 2.6.3RC13.

So this what happens now (which is still a problem with respect to the implib option):

When I link a shared library normally, i.e. a library containing C and C++ source files, CMake generates a link line as this:
        "C:\Programme\CMake 2.6\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_dll C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\VC\bin\link.exe @CMakeFiles\Base.dir\objects1.rsp
       /out:..\run\bin\win32\Base.dll /implib:Base.lib /pdb:E:\ma\new_arch\obj\opt\run\bin\win32\Base.pdb /dll /version:0.0 /MANIFEST /STACK:10000000 /machine:I386 /INCREMENTAL:NO ....

which contains the /implib statement.

One of my libraries consists of Fortran source files and the generated link line looks as follows:
link @CMakeFiles\FortranInterface.dir\objects1.rsp /out:..\run\bin\win32\FortranInterface.dll /dll /MANIFEST /STACK:10000000
/machine:I386 /INCREMENTAL:NO /DEF:FortranInterface.def

The implib statement is not there, no matter what LINK_FLAGS I set. In RC13 the implib statement was only missing if I set the LINK_FLAGS, but was there, if LINK_FLAGS were not set at all. The import library is generated into the directory, where the DLL itself resides, which has been set via CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.
Sorry if this sounds irritating, but I tried for two hours to reproduce the original problem.

Best Regards,

Martin
(0041503)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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