[CMake] VERSION and SOVERSION in a module

[Nils Gladitz]

On 04/04/2016 10:33 AM, Kristian wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a question. I have a project, which is compiled on two
> different build machines with ninja (trunk and branch). The
> CMakeLists.txt is the same when it comes to a part, where the VERSION
> and SOVERSION part is set through the function
> 'set_target_properties'.
>
> But on the first build machines, setting the VERSION and SOVERSION
> works, on the other machine it does not work. On the second machine
> (where the build fails), I recently upgraded CMake to 3.5 (I compiled
> and installed it on my own). The first build machine has CMake with
> version 2.8.11 (installed from local package manager yum).
>
> I've tried some things till I got a minimum example, where I could
> reproduce the error. The problem is calling add_library with MODULE.
>

This behavior was deliberately changed by:
https://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commit;h=f799ffb5cb895855ac2aba54765622b81db5be38

Which is in CMake since ~3.4.0.

The change is related to this issue:
     https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15705

Nils