How to do it

Let us dive into a detailed explanation of the CMake infrastructure needed:

  1. The top-level CMakeLists.txt is very similar to Recipe 1, Code reuse with functions and macros:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)  project(recipe-07 LANGUAGES CXX)set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)include(GNUInstallDirs)set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})# defines targets and sourcesadd_subdirectory(src)# contains an "external" library we will link toadd_subdirectory(external)# enable ...

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