[Cmake] FIND_LIBRARY : question about name

[ibiris at genius.org.br]

Hello folks,

recently I tried to use FIND_LIBRARY to check if a library required to
build  another library is already available or it has to be built first.

The problem I have is that the name of the library is libx.a in cygwin but
just x.lib on windows. Using just

FIND_LIBRARY(varname NAMES x PATHS < bunch o' paths here> )

works ok on windows but on cygwin it causes an error, since it cannot find
the libx (instead of x). Can someone verify if I need to search for a
different name in  cygwin / windows / Linux?  I would expect that 'x' marks
the name that is used for linking so it should look for x.lib on windows
and libx.a for linux/cygwin.

Maybe I am missing something so your help would be greatfully appreciated.

Kind regards,

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Ilias Biris, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Genius Instituto de Tecnologia
TEL: +55 (0)92 6146503
FAX: +55 (0)92 6133144
http://www.genius.org.br/
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