From b6445ddeda9b4a608cd34d417f04aa2ee558ef76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johan Andruejol Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:53:23 -0500 Subject: Help: Add SelectLibraryConfigurations example to cmake-developer(7) --- Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst index af9a8ab..fe146de 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst @@ -350,6 +350,24 @@ look. PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS} ) +Alternatively, if the library is available with multiple configurations, you can +use :module:`SelectLibraryConfigurations` to automatically set the +``Foo_LIBRARY`` variable instead: + +.. code-block:: cmake + + find_library(Foo_LIBRARY_RELEASE + NAMES foo + PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}/Release + ) + find_library(Foo_LIBRARY_DEBUG + NAMES foo + PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}/Debug + ) + + include(SelectLibraryConfigurations) + select_library_configurations(Foo) + If you have a good way of getting the version (from a header file, for example), you can use that information to set ``Foo_VERSION`` (although note that find modules have traditionally used ``Foo_VERSION_STRING``, -- cgit v0.12