[CMake] xxx_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is not

[Bill Hoffman]

Brad Aisa wrote:
> I have set
> CMAKE_xxx_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY (LIBRARY RUNTIME ARCHIVE)
> at the top of my CMakeLists.txt
> I then confirmed it had this value for my target properties.
> 
> But when I build, MSVC adds an additional Target subdirectory, which is 
> not what I want. For example, I want this generated:
> 
> C:\MyProject\lib -- generate lib files into here
> 
> When I did a printout on target1, it was this:
> Target: target1 LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:/MyProject/lib
> 
> but when I actually build, I get this:
> 
> C:\MyProject\lib\Debug -- files generated into here
> 
> How can I suppress the addition of this extra level of subfolder?
> 

You can not without coping the files.  However, if you did, then the 
release and debug versions of the libraries would clobber each other...

-Bill