Function 如何设置；“全球”；cmake函数中的cmake变量

我写了一个函数，我喜欢下载和构建外部资源。然而，实际上，我遇到了cmake函数的作用域问题，我想公开函数之外的变量。我已经尝试了全局属性、父范围、缓存字符串和缓存内部，但没有成功。如何更新下面函数中的“全局”变量

function(DownloadExternal name source options lib_path)
    string(TOUPPER "${parent}" PARENT)
    MESSAGE(STATUS "${name}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     source: ${source}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     options: ${options}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     lib_path: ${lib_path}")

    set(${name}_prefix      ${EXTERNAL_FOLDER}/${name})
    set(${name}_install_dir ${${name}_prefix})
    list(APPEND ${name}_cmake_args
            ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS}
            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${${name}_prefix}
            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=FALSE
            ${options}
            )

    # GLOBAL Variable here is only updated locally
    #  Attempted GLOBAL PROPERTY, CACHE INTERNAL/STRING, PARENT_SCOPE
    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${${name}_install_dir}/lib/${lib_path})
    externalproject_add(${name}
            PREFIX             ${${name}_prefix}
            GIT_REPOSITORY     ${source}
            GIT_SHALLOW        1
            DOWNLOAD_DIR       ${${name}_prefix}
            UPDATE_COMMAND     git pull
            INSTALL_DIR        ${${name}_install_dir}
            CMAKE_ARGS         ${${name}_cmake_args}
            )
    include_directories(${${name}_prefix}/include)
    link_directories(${${name}_prefix}/lib)
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     prefix: ${${name}_prefix}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     cmake: ${${name}_cmake_args}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     install: ${${name}_install_dir}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     libs: ${EXTRA_LIBS}")
endfunction(DownloadExternal)

用法（这太长了两行。我想在函数中添加依赖项）：

以后的用法：

add_executable(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_SOURCE_FILES})

# TODO: Find a way to make this a list
add_dependencies(freetype harfbuzz)
add_dependencies(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} freetype)
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)

#  TODO: Find a way to add these in the function
target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
        ${harfbuzz_install_dir}/lib/libharfbuzz.a
        )

我希望能够做到的或多或少是：

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  harfbuzz - A Freetype dependency
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DownloadExternal(harfbuzz https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz "-DHB_HAVE_FREETYPE=ON" libharfbuzz.a)

...snip...

target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
        ${EXTRA_LIBS}
        )

我相信这是可行的

必须在cmake的顶部附近定义全局属性

DEFINE_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY EXTRA_LIBS
        BRIEF_DOCS "Contains linkable libraries"
        FULL_DOCS "Contains paths to libraries for linking")

然后在函数中，我们必须为全局属性的内容设置一个局部变量。此外，更新局部变量，然后将其添加回全局属性

function(DownloadExternal name source options lib_path)
    string(TOUPPER "${parent}" PARENT)
    MESSAGE(STATUS "---------------------------------------------------------------------------")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "${name}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     source: ${source}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     options: ${options}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     lib_path: ${lib_path}")
    GET_PROPERTY(extra_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY EXTRA_LIBS)
    set(${name}_prefix      ${EXTERNAL_FOLDER}/${name})
    set(${name}_install_dir ${${name}_prefix})
    list(APPEND ${name}_cmake_args
            ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS}
            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${${name}_prefix}
            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=FALSE
            ${options}
            )
    list(APPEND extra_libs ${${name}_install_dir}/lib/${lib_path})
    SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY EXTRA_LIBS ${extra_libs})
    externalproject_add(${name}
            PREFIX             ${${name}_prefix}
            GIT_REPOSITORY     ${source}
            GIT_SHALLOW        1
            DOWNLOAD_DIR       ${${name}_prefix}
            UPDATE_COMMAND     git pull
            INSTALL_DIR        ${${name}_install_dir}
            CMAKE_ARGS         ${${name}_cmake_args}
            )
    include_directories(${${name}_prefix}/include)
    link_directories(${${name}_prefix}/lib)
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     prefix: ${${name}_prefix}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     cmake: ${${name}_cmake_args}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     install: ${${name}_install_dir}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "     libs: ${extra_libs}")
endfunction(DownloadExternal)

最后，要在以后使用该属性，我们还必须再次获取它

GET_PROPERTY(extra_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY EXTRA_LIBS)
target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
        ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}
        ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
        ${extra_libs}
        )

---

您可以使用

extra_libs

的输入/输出参数

downloadeexternal

function(DownloadExternal name source options lib_path extra_list)
        ...
        set(tmpExtra_list ${extra_list} NEW_STUFF_TO_ADD)
        set(${extra_list} ${tmpExtra_list} PARENT_SCOPE) # return value
endfunction()

优点：

• 许多编程语言中的已知概念
• 变量来自哪里没有魔力
• 函数的用户可以为变量定义一个名称

相反：

• 必须修改您的函数签名

可能的副本

function(DownloadExternal name source options lib_path extra_list)
        ...
        set(tmpExtra_list ${extra_list} NEW_STUFF_TO_ADD)
        set(${extra_list} ${tmpExtra_list} PARENT_SCOPE) # return value
endfunction()