Link library based on build configuration [cmake] [duplicate]

Question

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Debug and Release Library Linking with CMAKE (VISUAL STUDIO)

cmake newb here, I would like to tell target_link_libraries to link a debug lib when using the debug configuration and link to a release lib when compiling under the release configuration.

How do I tell cmake to link a different lib file for the debug configuration?

Peruzzi

Answer 1

The solution is:

SET(LINK_LIBRARY optimized Foo debug Foo_d)
target_link_libraries(MyEXE ${LINK_LIBRARY})

Cruelty

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. But now I have to figure out why cmake gives me this error: Cannot specify link libraries for target "HelloWorld" which is not built by this project. – Peruzzi

Ah, nvm I was missing add_library (...) – Peruzzi

And how to link different libraries for RelWithDebugInfo build configuration? – Inlet

Answer 2

The target_link_libraries command lets you use keywords which indicate that the library immediately following is to be used only for the corresponding build configuration, e.g.:

target_link_libraries(foo debug bard.lib optimized bar.lib)

If you add multiple libraries with one target_link_libraries statement, the keyword has to be repeated for each library.

Cadre

Wasted my entire day and this line saved me: If you add multiple libraries with one target_link_libraries statement, the keyword has to be repeated for each library. cheers – Ferde