[CMake] how to add custom linker flags when creating shared libs

[Brad King]

Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> what's the best way to add custom options to the linker command when 
> creating shared libraries (plugins) ? 
[snip]
 > Is there a way to get Makefiles which generate plugins without the "lib"
 > prefix in the filename ?

This example should answer your questions:

ADD_LIBRARY(myplugin MODULE myplugin.cxx)
SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS -example-flag-1)
SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(myplugin PROPERTIES
   PREFIX ""
   LINK_FLAGS -example-flag-2
)

> And a last question, what's the difference between a MODULE and a SHARED 
> lib ? Is MODULE intended to be used for plugins ? 

This is mainly used for Mac OSX where there is a distinction between 
modules (.so) and shared libraries (.dylib).  Modules on OSX can link to 
libraries but nothing can link to modules.  They are meant for plugins.

-Brad