[question] Is there a way to use full lib path instead of `-lname`?

When I add

self.cpp_info.libs = ["name"]

then on macOS it is transformed to the option -lname.

All works fine except when I use a dylib with non standard name scheme (“name.plugin” instead of “libname.dylib”). Then I get the error “can not find …”.

I know that there is -l:name option but Apple binutils does not understand it.

CMake just generates the full lib path instead of -lname. So it can utilize it.

Is there a way to generate the full lib path in conanbuildinfo.xxx file?

[memsharded]

I am a bit confused here. Conan does not generate -lxxx in the cmake generators. I guess this is talking about the other generators.

[jgsogo]

Oh, I’ve just seen the PR https://github.com/conan-io/conan/pull/6600