[CMake] building a library named 'general'

[Michael DiCuccio]

Hi!

I've come across an odd conundrum and need a little help resolving it.  I'm
porting a large toolkit to use CMake instead of an autoconf /
configure-based makefile system.  One problem we tripped across is a
library named 'libgeneral.so', built as part of the toolkit itself.  The
trouble is that the syltax of a CMakeLists.txt file does not permit linking
a library named general.

Suppose you have a library named general:

-----
add_library(general foo bar)
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...and then try to link it into an application:
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add_executable(myapp baz)
target_link_libraries(myapp general)
-----

cmake complains about the fact that 'general' is a reserved keyword, and I
have found no way to force or finagle linkage against a library named
'libgeneral'.

Any ideas?
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