[CMake] Interface Libraries allow include directories but not link directories.. Why?

[Clément Gregoire]

No you're not meant to specify paths yourself, you should just use
find_library.
Check how modules such as FindTIFF.cmake are implemented.

Le mar. 22 août 2017 à 19:05, Brian Davis <bitminer at gmail.com> a écrit :

>
> and provide future
>
> ​target_link_directories(
>    targ
>    INTERFACE
>    debug ${TOP}/build/x64/Debug/Libraries/
>    optimized ${TOP}/build/x64/Release/Libraries/
> )
>
> with debug / optimized / general capability
>
> then targets could support multiple debug / release dirs even if CMake
> (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX) can't (ie no CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_<CONFIG>
> capability)
>
> If anyone is looking at those dirs and wondering *why* (as I often do)...
> I need CMake in mixed mode with CMake generated projs and imported existing
> vcxproj files.
>
> if provided I could then targ link dirs, include dirs, and interface the
> libs from a position of relative sanity or at least the white jacket with
> wrap around arms tied in the back would be a little looser to the fit.
>
>
>
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