[CMake] TRY_LINK and CheckCXXSourceLinks ??

[David Cole]

Doesn't CheckCXXSourceCompiles link?

I think there's no way to avoid the link in a try_compile...


On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Marcel Loose <loose at astron.nl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering how I can check whether I can successfully compile and
> link an executable, without actually running it. CheckCXXSourceCompiles
> checks whether I can compile the code, however linking could still fail.
> CheckCXXSourceRuns OTOH also tries to run the executable, which causes
> problems when cross-compiling. So, why is there no CheckCXXSourceLinks?
>
> Best regards,
> Marcel Loose.
>
>
>
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> Marcel Loose
> Senior Software Engineer, Computing Group R&D, Astron, the Netherlands
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