[CMake] FIND_LIBRARY - always true - very strange...

[Christian Kienle]

Thx Brad.

I thing my issue is now solved.

Greets
Christian

On May 11, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Brad King wrote:

> Christian Kienle wrote:
>
>> I grepped the CMakeCache.txt and found the "problem".
>> cmks-Computer:/Volumes/Files/Users/cmk/cppp/cmksql/libloader cmk$  
>> cat  CMakeCache.txt  | grep dl
>> //Flags used by the linker during the creation of dll's.
>> //Where can the dl library be found
>> PATH_OF_LIB_DL:FILEPATH=/usr/lib/libdl.dylib
>> Just deleted this file and all begun again and worked.
>> But do I have to delete this file every time I want to test my  
>> build  process?
>>
>
> If you do an in-source build, yes.  If you do an out-of-source  
> build then you just need to create a new build tree each time.
>
> The idea of the cache is to save information that may not be easy  
> to find.  Say for example the library cannot be found automatically  
> at all because it is installed in some strange location.  The user  
> must be able to specify the library location once when configuring  
> a build tree the first time.  After that when CMake runs again the  
> user should not have to provide this information again.  This is  
> why it is saved in the cache.
>
> -Brad
>
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