CMake : multiple subprojects using the same static library

Question

I\'m using cmake to compile one of my work projets, here is the deal

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  client/
    CMakeLists.txt
  server/
    CMakeLists.txt
  libs/
    libstuff/
      CMak         


        

Answer 1

A simple solution is to guard the add_subdirectory calls in both the client and the server CMake list file with an if using a TARGET conditional, i.e.:

if (NOT TARGET plugin)
    add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/common/libplugin")
endif() 

This prevents the libplugin sub-directory from being added more than once.