adapt cmake rpath settings?
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Description
https://github.com/LLNL/blt/blob/74d4e534dea3c8fa7bfa4c6f9d17eb37a1230c7e/cmake/SetupCompilerOptions.cmake#L206
There are cases when you might be building static libs for your product, but you still want to use shared libs as tpls. Without extra RPATH settings, you will get runtime errors related to finding the shared libs you linked against.
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Research direction
Start at cmake/SetupCompilerOptions.cmake around line 206 and review the existing RPATH settings. Reproduce a build using static product libraries with shared TPLs, then verify at runtime that the linked shared libraries are found without extra manual RPATH settings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100