[CMake] find_package() for static only / shared only

[Mario Emmenlauer]

Dear PF, thanks! I think this is a quite sensible approach and I will
do as you suggest. I did not consider it at first because there are
some packages that can install static and shared side-by-side. But I
agree that your suggestion is ore pragmatic and also less error-prone.

All the best,

    Mario



On 23.03.2018 00:57, P F wrote:
> Why not install shared libraries in one location and static libraries in another?
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2018, at 4:55 AM, Mario Emmenlauer <mario at emmenlauer.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I've googled this issue for a while now but found only few
>> references (1,2) and no solution. I'd like to enforce that
>> find_package() will only accept static or shared libraries.
>> I would then set this option based on BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=(ON|OFF).
>>
>> I.e. I'd love to have something like:
>>    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
>>        BUILD_TYPE="SHARED"
>>    else()
>>        BUILD_TYPE="STATIC"
>>    endif()
>>    find_package(XXX ${BUILD_TYPE})
>>    find_package(YYY ${BUILD_TYPE})
>>    find_package(ZZZ ${BUILD_TYPE})
>>    ...
>>
>>
>> It seems that this does not exist? I could also not find a
>> good workaround. The best I can find is to use 'NAMES' and
>> add the static or shared library names manually.
>>
>> This is not very suitable, because I have a project with more
>> than 30 dependencies. The project should either build (fully)
>> static or (fully) shared. I can not easily maintain lists of
>> 30 static and shared library names on several platforms.
>>
>> Is there a solution or good workaround?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>    Mario Emmenlauer
>>
>>
>> (1) https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2012-September/052059.html
>> (2) https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-December/041326.html
>>
>>
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Viele Gruesse,

    Mario Emmenlauer


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