The project structure below is a simplified example.
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── debug
├── CommBase
│ ├── Task.h
│ ├── Task.cpp
│ ├── Thread.h
│ ├── Thread.cpp
│ └── CMakeLists.txt
├── NetWork
│ ├── TSocket.h
│ ├── TSocket.cpp
│ ├── Stream_Channel.h
│ ├── Stream_Channel.cpp
│ └── CMakeLists.txt
├── MessageDispatch
│ ├── Channel_Manager.h
│ ├── Channel_Manager.cpp
│ ├── Message_Facade.h
│ ├── Message_Facade.cpp
│ └── CMakeLists.txt
└── DemoServer
├── CMakeLists.txt
└── main.cpp
./CMakeLists.txt
PROJECT(DDLIB)
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
MESSAGE(STATUS "This is PROJECT_BINARY_DIR dir "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(CommBase)
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(NetWork)
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(DemoServer)
CommBase/CMakeLists.txt
AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. LIB_SRC_LIST)
ADD_LIBRARY(CommBase SHARED STATIC ${LIB_SRC_LIST})
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../boost)
INSTALL(TARGETS CommBase CommBase
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
SET( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug )
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "$ENV{CXXFLAGS} -O0 -Wall -g -ggdb")
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "$ENV{CXXFLAGS} -O3 -Wall")
NetWork/CMakeLists.txt
AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. LIB_SRC_LIST)
ADD_LIBRARY(NetWork SHARED STATIC ${LIB_SRC_LIST})
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../boost)
INSTALL(TARGETS NetWork NetWork
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(NetWork CommBase)
SET( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug )
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "$ENV{CXXFLAGS} -O0 -Wall -g -ggdb")
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "$ENV{CXXFLAGS} -O3 -Wall")
MessageDispatch/CMakeLists.txt
AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. LIB_SRC_LIST)
ADD_LIBRARY(MessageDispatch SHARED STATIC ${LIB_SRC_LIST})
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../boost)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../CommBase)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../NetWork)
ADD_DEPENDENCIES(MessageDispatch CommBase NetWork)
LINK_DIRECTORIES(/home/cl/server/ddsvn/debug)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(MessageDispatch CommBase NetWork)
INSTALL(TARGETS MessageDispatch MessageDispatch
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
DemoServer/CMakeLists.txt
PROJECT(DDLIB)
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
MESSAGE(STATUS "This is PROJECT_BINARY_DIR dir "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. SRC_LIST)
ADD_EXECUTABLE(DemoServer ${SRC_LIST})
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../boost)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../CommBase)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../NetWork)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(../MessageDispatch)
ADD_DEPENDENCIES(DemoServer CommBase NetWork MessageDispatch)
LINK_DIRECTORIES(/home/cl/server/ddsvn/debug)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(DemoServer CommBase NetWork MessageDispatch)
Linking CXX executable DemoServer
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/DemoServer.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/bin/c++ -fPIC CMakeFiles/DemoServer.dir/stdafx.cpp.o CMakeFiles/DemoServer.dir/DemoServer.cpp.o -o DemoServer -rdynamic -lCommBase -lNetWork -lMessageDispatch
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message_Facade.cpp.o): In function `Message_Facade::stop()':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message_Facade.cpp:80: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::instance()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message_Facade.cpp:80: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::stop()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message_Facade.cpp.o): In function `Message_Facade::wait()':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message_Facade.cpp:87: undefined reference to `Task::wait()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message_Facade.cpp:88: undefined reference to `Task::wait()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Acceptor_Manager.cpp.o): In function `Stream_Acceptor':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/../NetWork/Stream_Accecptor.h:40: undefined reference to `vtable for Stream_Acceptor'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Channel_Manager.cpp.o): In function `Channel_Manager':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Channel_Manager.cpp:81: undefined reference to `Channel_Handler::~Channel_Handler()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Channel_Manager.cpp.o): In function `~Channel_Manager':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Channel_Manager.cpp:86: undefined reference to `Channel_Handler::~Channel_Handler()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Channel_Manager.cpp:86: undefined reference to `Channel_Handler::~Channel_Handler()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Channel_Manager.cpp.o): In function `Channel_Handler':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/../NetWork/Channel_Handler.h:14: undefined reference to `vtable for Channel_Handler'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Channel_Manager.cpp.o):(.rodata._ZTI15Channel_Manager[typeinfo for Channel_Manager]+0x28): undefined reference to `typeinfo for Channel_Handler'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message.cpp.o): In function `Message':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:49: undefined reference to `Binary_Stream::Binary_Stream(int)'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:98: undefined reference to `Binary_Stream::~Binary_Stream()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:100: undefined reference to `Binary_Stream::Binary_Stream(int)'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message.cpp.o): In function `Message::resize(int)':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:187: undefined reference to `Stream_Base::resize(int)'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:196: undefined reference to `Stream_Base::resize(int)'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message.cpp.o): In function `~Message':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:203: undefined reference to `Binary_Stream::~Binary_Stream()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Message.cpp:203: undefined reference to `Binary_Stream::~Binary_Stream()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message.cpp.o):(.rodata._ZTV7Message[vtable for Message]+0x20): undefined reference to `Stream_Base::clone_stream()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Message.cpp.o):(.rodata._ZTI7Message[typeinfo for Message]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for Binary_Stream'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Connector_Manager.cpp.o): In function `Stream_Connector':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/../NetWork/Stream_Connector.h:42: undefined reference to `vtable for Stream_Connector'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Context.cpp.o): In function `Context':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Context.cpp:15: undefined reference to `Dispatch_Thread::Dispatch_Thread()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Context.cpp.o): In function `Context::initialize()':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Context.cpp:113: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::instance()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Context.cpp:113: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::start()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Context.cpp:116: undefined reference to `Task::activate(int, int*)'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Context.cpp:121: undefined reference to `Task::activate(int, int*)'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(Re_Connect_Handler.cpp.o): In function `Re_Connect_Handler::process_re_connect(Context&, int)':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Re_Connect_Handler.cpp:23: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::instance()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/Re_Connect_Handler.cpp:23: undefined reference to `Timer_Queue::schedule_timer(Smart_Ptr<Timer_Handler>, Time_Value const&, Smart_Ptr<Ref_Object>, EDispatchType, Dispatch_Thread*)'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(IO_Thread.cpp.o): In function `IO_Thread':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/IO_Thread.cpp:4: undefined reference to `Task::Task()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/IO_Thread.cpp:7: undefined reference to `Task::~Task()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(IO_Thread.cpp.o): In function `~IO_Thread':
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/IO_Thread.cpp:12: undefined reference to `Task::~Task()'
/home/cl/server/ddsvn/MessageDispatch/IO_Thread.cpp:12: undefined reference to `Task::~Task()'
/usr/local/lib/libMessageDispatch.a(IO_Thread.cpp.o):(.rodata._ZTI9IO_Thread[typeinfo for IO_Thread]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for Task'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [DemoServer] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/cl/server/ddsvn/DemoServer/Debug'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/DemoServer.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cl/server/ddsvn/DemoServer/Debug'
make: *** [all] Error 2
I'm hoping this is a really simple lack of understanding of how CMake handles dependencies. This compiles without error, but fails during linking
NetWork is dependent on CommBase, MessageDispatch dependent on NetWork and CommBase,how can i specify in DemoServer