[Cmake] how to find STATIC library, ignore DYNAMIC library

[Brad King]

Liwei Peng wrote:
> I am a CMake user for a long time. Recently I have a
> problem in using CMake to find the right library.

This has been a common problem due to unix linker limitations.  I have 
some ideas on how to fix it which I've documented in this feature request:

http://www.cmake.org/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1105

> In my program, I need to link HDF library. In my
> computer, there are both HDF dynamic
> library(libhdf5.so) and HDF static library(libhdf5.a)
> installed under /usr/lib. I want to link the static
> library. but CMake always go to the dynamic library.
> Is there any way in CMake that I can force it to use
> static instead of dynamic?

This can be fixed on a per-platform basis by including the proper linker 
flag in your CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS variable.  I think adding something 
like -Bstatic will tell the linker to use only static libraries.  You 
will have to read the documentation for your linker to find the proper flag.

-Brad