Thanks Brad, Didn't realize that. Does that also mean that I could change the default search order by using:
find_library(MATH_LIB NAMES libm.a libm.so) Best regards, Marcel Loose. On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 13:39 -0400, Brad King wrote: > Bill Hoffman wrote: > > Marcel Loose wrote: > >> 2) How can I persuade find_library() to only search for static > >> libraries? > >> > > You can't. > > Yes, you can: > > find_library(MATH_LIB NAMES libm.a) > > If you specify a valid library name then CMake will look for it directly > instead of prepending 'lib' and appending library extensions. > > The reason there is no generic "find a static library" option is because > it is almost impossible to implement on windows where one cannot distinguish > import libraries and static libraries by their name. > > -Brad _______________________________________________ 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
