AW: [CMake] CMake 2.4.7: Generator "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" seems to ignore certain LINK_FLAGS properties (worked in 2.4.6)

[Gerhard Grimm]

Hi Bill,

here's a minimal example, consisting of three files.

source.c:
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#include <stdio.h>

void MyExport1(void)
{
	puts("MyExport1");
}

void MyExport2(void)
{
	puts("MyExport2");
}
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source.def:
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EXPORTS
MyExport1
MyExport2
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CMakeLists.txt:
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project(MyProject)

add_library(MyLib SHARED source.c)

set_target_properties(MyLib PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/DEF:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source.def")
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When using the 2.4.7 Visual Studio .NET generator, the build will succeed, but the resulting "MyLib.dll" will not export any symbols, since the "/DEF:..." flag is missing in the project (reverting to 2.4.6 would fix this).
Using the NMake makefiles generator, the "/DEF:..." flag will be passed to the linker, and voilà - we have exports.

Thank you for your attention!

Best regards,

Gerhard