FindKdepimLibs.cmake

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 05:56, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> hi..
>
> the FindKdepimLibs.cmake module in kdelibs/cmake/modules/ assumes that
> libsyndication from kdepimlibs will be built if kdepimlibs exists; or at
> least it unconditionally sets KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBS. however,
> libsyndication is an option component of kdepimlibs depending on whether or
> not Boost is available on the system at build time.
>
> i assumed that libsyndication not being there would result in
> KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBS not being set, but this evidently isn't the case and
> has, in turn, created an unintentional hard dependency on Boost in kdebase
> (workspace/plasma/engines/cia.vc, to be exact). i don't particularly like
> this, and figure the solution is to deal with KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBS
> properly in FindKdepimLibs.cmake.
>
> however, i'm not sure how to implement this in FindKdepimLibs in the most
> appropriate fashion and am hoping a cmake guru might be able to offer some
> insight. my guess is that a find_library(KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBRARY NAMES
> syndication) is what is necessary, followed by a call to see if
> ${KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBRARY} gets set (meaning that libsyndication is there)
> and then based on that setting KDE4_SYNDICATION_LIBS.
>
> is that the right approach ?

Yes :-)

Alex