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

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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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