[CMake] RE: Re: changing object file extension from ".o"

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Wednesday 07 November 2007, Matthew McCormick wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Having difficulty changing the object file extension.  In my
> > > CMakeLists.txtI have
> > >
> > > SET(CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION ".obj")
> > > SET(CMAKE_CXX_OUTPUT_EXTENSION ".obj")
> > >
> > > but I still get *.o object files.
> >
> > Yes, that's too late in the cmake language setup process. What do you
> > need that for ?
> >
> > Alex
>
> I'm trying to work with a compiler where you cannot specify the object
> extension, the Matlab mex (pseudo) compiler.
> I tried this,
>
> $ CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION=".obj" CMAKE_CXX_OUTPUT_EXTENSION=".obj" ccmake
> ../convert_visualsonics_2_mat_src/
>
> but it didn't work.

Yes, this doesn't work.
I know that Matlab has this mex compiler what does it exactly do ?
Maybe you need to add a file to cmake so it can handle this compiler.

Alex