Default values for CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES/CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES

Question

i guess i\'m missing something very obvious here, but it seems to me that the cmake variables CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES/CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES are not se

Answer 1

cmake variables CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES/CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES are not set to any "decent" default value

Why do you think so? For instance:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
project(Foo)

message("prefix: ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}")
message("suffix: ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES}")

Linux (Ubuntu):

prefix: lib
suffix: .so;.a

Mac:

prefix: lib
suffix: .dylib;.so;.a

Windows (Visual Studio):

prefix:
suffix: .lib

calling find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED) will break unless you set the variables in your main file

Just tested, works fine for me. Ubuntu 14.04. CMake 2.8.12.2 and CMake 3.1.0-rc2.