[CMake] Put bin|lib folders under Debug|Release folders

[erwan curien]

>On 05/08/2011 07:35 AM, Bo Zhou wrote:

>>* Hello all,*

>>* *

>>* I am dealing with a problem about the output path. At present I just do*

>>* like this,*

>>* *

>>* set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin")*

>>* set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")*

>>* *

>>* And in fact the full path will be*

>>* "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/{Debug|Release}/", the all .exe .dll .pdb*

>>* files will be generated there.*

>>* *

>>* Now I have a DLL target which should be in bin/plugins, I try a way*

>>* which generates {Debug|Release} folders under the bin folder, that's*

>>* unnecessary.*

>>* *

>>* I prefer a more clear output directory structure like*

>>* ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/{Debug|Release}/bin/plugin, how should I do ?*

>>* *

>>* Thanks !*

>

>You shouldn't use the CMAKE_*_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY variables to write

>your project's binaries to their final installation directory under

>CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Instead, provide appropriate INSTALL() commands

>for each target and make use of INSTALL()'s CONFIGURATIONS clause, e.g.

>

>INSTALL(TARGETS plugin

>    RUNTIME DESTINATION Debug/bin/plugin

>    LIBRARY DESTINATION Debug/lib/plugin

>    CONFIGURATIONS Debug)

>INSTALL(TARGETS plugin

>    RUNTIME DESTINATION Release/bin/plugin

>    LIBRARY DESTINATION Release/lib/plugin

>    CONFIGURATIONS Release)

>

>etc. for further configurations and other targets to be installed.

>

>Regards,

>

>Michael



Hello,

doing this for me only writes the target “plugin” for one config
cmake_config.cmake. Then one need to rebuild cmake_config each time.

I’m using CMake 2.8.7 under Windows and Visual studio.

Is it a known issue? Any idea about a fix?

Regards,

Erwan
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