On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Michael Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26. Dec, 2009, at 17:53 , Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I think this has already been discussed and the answer is negative but >> still: when I do target_link_libraries to an external library (for >> instance, my application needs to link to sqlite), is it possible to >> tell CMake to link to the static version of sqlite instead of the >> dynamic version? >> >> For instance, in Debian the libsqlite3-dev package contains both the >> static and the dynamic versions of the library and they have the very >> same name: >> >> /usr/lib/libsqlite3.a >> /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so >> >> ( http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/libsqlite3-dev/filelist ) >> >> Is this feature going to be implemented any time soon? I have not >> looked at the sources for target_link_libraries but at first sight it >> doesn't look difficult to add something like >> "static;optimized;libsqlite3.a;dynamic;optimized;libsqlite3.so". >> There's the problem of find_library on Windows confusing the .lib as >> the import for a .dll with a static .lib library but IIRC it's >> possible to detect that. > > Perhaps a variable CMAKE_FIND_STATIC with the possible values "FIRST" "LAST", > "ONLY" and "NEVER, similar to CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK, would fit the bill?
No, it won't. If my application links to two libraries, I may want to link statically to libA but dynamically to libB. -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
