[solved] CMake not outputting static build files for VS2005

[nullpointer]

CMake is not outputting static build files for VS2005. I unchecked BUILD_SHARED_LIBS and the resulting project files are identical to the ones where that option is checked, and thus the resulting project files only build the shared libs.

[eXpl0it3r]

I very strongly recommend to switch to VS12 or at least VS10. There's nearly no reason why one would want to stick to such an outdated version of VS...

As for why it doesn't produce static libraries, I'm puzzled, but I'd guess it has something to do with the old version not yet supporting something.

[nullpointer]

I have my reasons for sticking with VS2005. And I use a lot of libraries, and none of them care what version of VS I use, including those that use CMake. That's the whole point of CMake, I thought.

[eXpl0it3r]

Well then it's time to debug some CMake stuff.
You can add some message("Test") statements in e.g. cmake/Macros.cmake to see if the static building thingy gets executed.

[nullpointer]

I can't find anything wrong in the CMake files, they're pretty straightforward. Now that I'm triple-checking everything, I think cmake-gui got messed up somehow when I mistyped a directory name. I'm going to try running it one more time...

[nullpointer]

There we go. It was cmake-gui's fault. Thanks for your attention.

PS. The Graphics module doesn't compile in VS2005 due to one of the precompiled .lib dependencies, but I don't need that module.

[Laurent]

The Graphics module doesn't compile in VS2005 due to one of the precompiled .lib dependencies

Do you know which one?
Are you using the latest sources?