[CMake] target_link_libraries from executable

[Petr Kmoch]

Hi Gilles,

I don't think you can get rid of this .lib, which is the import library.
Linking in the .exe/.dll world does not use the .exe or .dll file itself as
the item to be linked against, but its import library (.lib) instead. You
cannot link against a .dll if you only have the .dll, you need its import
library. The same holds true for executables.

So if you want to link against a.exe, you need its a.lib import library.

Petr

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:04 PM, FOLLIC Gilles <gilles.follic at sgcib.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> The idea is to get all the depedencies from an other project (executable).
>
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> set_property(TARGET [EXECUTABLE] PROPERTY ENABLE_EXPORTS true)
>
> target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} [EXECUTABLE])
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>
>
> This works perfectly, as I get all the include, libs I need, but I get on
> my
>
> visual studio a new lib from my [EXECUTABLE], called [EXECUTABLE].lib which
>
> I don't need since it is a executable, not a librairy.
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>
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> How can I do to remove this lib?
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>
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> Thank you
>
>
>
> Gilles
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>
>
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