Linking different libraries for Debug and Release builds in Cmake on windows?

Question

So I've got a library I'm compiling and I need to link different third party things in depending on if it's the debug or release build (specifically the release or debug versions of those libraries). Is there an easy way to do this in Cmake?

Edit: I should note I'm using visual studio

Answer 1

According to the CMake documentation:

target_link_libraries(<target> [lib1 [lib2 [...]]] [[debug|optimized|general] <lib>] ...) 

A "debug", "optimized", or "general" keyword indicates that the library immediately following it is to be used only for the corresponding build configuration.

So you should be able to do this:

add_executable( MyEXE ${SOURCES})  target_link_libraries( MyEXE debug 3PDebugLib) target_link_libraries( MyEXE optimized 3PReleaseLib)