[CMake] statically linked executables

[Bill Hoffman]

Oliver Dole wrote:
> 2007/11/27, Daniel Rueckert <dr at doc.ic.ac.uk>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to build some statically linked executables on a linux
>> box. I have added the "-static" option to the linker flags and specified
>> static link libraries but for some reason cmake still adds the option
>> "-Wl,-Bdynamic" flag to the linker options. Is there any way around this?
>>
>> Thanks, Daniel
> Hello,
> 
> I exactly face the same problem with cmake-2.4.6:
> http://www.sand-labs.org/owb/ticket/160
> But I assure that it perfectly worked with cmake-2.4.3. So is there a
> regression between cmake-2.4.3 and cmake-2.4.6 or a new way to manage
> static link that I have missed (and so my CMakeFiles are not valid
> anymore)?
> 

A change was made to make sure that CMake picks the libraries you 
specified.  So, if you have /usr/lib/libfoo.so, CMake will add 
-Wl,-dynamic -lfoo around foo.  But if you have /usr/lib/libfoo.a, then 
cmake will add -Wl,-static -lfoo around foo.  So, if CMake is given a 
full path to a shared library it will add -Wl,-dyanmic around it.

-Bill