[CMake] RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY and Visual Studio Express

[David Cole]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Clifford Yapp <cliffyapp at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to use set_target_properties to override the Output
> Directory for dlls generated by add_library calls when building with
> MSVC, as discussed back in July:
>
> http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-July/045591.html
>
> I'm trying to do so as part of a re-definition of add_library, but
> when compiling with Visual Studio 2010 Express and CMake 2.8.6 I still
> don't seem to be able to override Output Directory:
>
>  set(LIB_DIR lib)
>  function(add_library name)
>    _add_library(${name} ${ARGN})
>    set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
> "${LIB_DIR}")
>  endfunction(add_library)
>
> Despite the set_target_properties line, the dlls end up in bin instead
> of lib.  Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks for any insight,
> CY
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Use a full/absolute path name for the directory. "lib" is not
well-defined unless you know what it's relative to.


HTH,
David