👨‍💻📦 build QDMI generators as shared libraries on install

Signed-off-by: burgholzer <burgholzer@me.com>

Author: burgholzer

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning], with the exception that minor rel
 ### Changed
 
 - ⚡ Improve uv build caching by removing unconditional `reinstall-package` and configuring dedicated `cache-keys` ([#1412]) ([**@burgholzer**])
-- 👨‍💻📦 Build `spdlog` as a shared library on project installs ([#1411]) ([**@burgholzer**])
+- 👨‍💻📦 Build `spdlog` and QDMI generators as a shared libraries on project installs ([#1411], [#1403]) ([**@burgholzer**])
 - ♻️🏁 Remove Windows-specific restrictions for dynamic QDMI device library handling ([#1406]) ([**@burgholzer**])
 - ♻️ Migrate Python bindings from `pybind11` to `nanobind` ([#1383]) ([**@denialhaag**], [**@burgholzer**])
 - 📦️ Provide Stable ABI wheels for Python 3.12+ ([#1383]) ([**@burgholzer**], [**@denialhaag**])
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ _📚 Refer to the [GitHub Release Notes](https://github.com/munich-quantum-tool
 [#1412]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1412
 [#1411]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1411
 [#1406]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1406
+[#1403]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1403
 [#1402]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1402
 [#1385]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1385
 [#1384]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1384

src/qdmi/na/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ set(TARGET_NAME ${MQT_CORE_TARGET_NAME}-qdmi-na-device-gen)
 if(NOT TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
 
   # Add library for device generation
-  #
-  # Note: We use a static library here to avoid issues with RPATH and finding the executable during
-  # the build process in Python builds
-  add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC)
-  add_library(MQT::CoreQDMINaDeviceGen ALIAS ${TARGET_NAME})
+  add_mqt_core_library(${TARGET_NAME} ALIAS_NAME QDMINaDeviceGen)
 
   # add sources to target
   target_sources(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE Generator.cpp)
@@ -30,23 +26,16 @@ if(NOT TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
   target_link_libraries(
     ${TARGET_NAME}
     PUBLIC nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
-    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog MQT::ProjectOptions MQT::ProjectWarnings)
-
-  # set versioning information
-  set_target_properties(
-    ${TARGET_NAME}
-    PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-               SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
-               EXPORT_NAME CoreNaDeviceGen)
-
-  # set c++ standard
-  target_compile_features(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
 
   # add to list of MQT core targets
   list(APPEND MQT_CORE_TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME})
 
-  # Make version available
-  target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE MQT_CORE_VERSION="${MQT_CORE_VERSION}")
+  # place the generated library in a predictable location where the executable can find it
+  set_target_properties(
+    ${TARGET_NAME}
+    PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
+               ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 
 # Set target name

src/qdmi/sc/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ set(TARGET_NAME ${MQT_CORE_TARGET_NAME}-qdmi-sc-device-gen)
 if(NOT TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
 
   # Add library for device generation
-  #
-  # Note: We use a static library here to avoid issues with RPATH and finding the executable during
-  # the build process in Python builds
-  add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC)
-  add_library(MQT::CoreQDMIScDeviceGen ALIAS ${TARGET_NAME})
+  add_mqt_core_library(${TARGET_NAME} ALIAS_NAME QDMIScDeviceGen)
 
   # add sources to target
   target_sources(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE Generator.cpp)
@@ -30,23 +26,13 @@ if(NOT TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
   target_link_libraries(
     ${TARGET_NAME}
     PUBLIC nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
-    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog MQT::ProjectOptions MQT::ProjectWarnings)
+    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
 
-  # set versioning information
+  # place the generated library in a predictable location where the executable can find it
   set_target_properties(
     ${TARGET_NAME}
-    PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-               SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
-               EXPORT_NAME CoreScDeviceGen)
-
-  # set c++ standard
-  target_compile_features(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
-
-  # add to list of MQT core targets
-  set(MQT_CORE_TARGETS ${MQT_CORE_TARGETS} ${TARGET_NAME})
-
-  # Make version available
-  target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE MQT_CORE_VERSION="${MQT_CORE_VERSION}")
+    PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
+               ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 
 # Set target name