[Cmake] Specifying static or dynamic linking of external libraries?

[Parag Chandra]

Hi all,
I have a certain 3rd-party library for which both dynamic and static 
versions exist in the same directory. I would like to be able to tell 
CMake to use the static versions of these libraries, and I noticed some 
discussion about this very topic while searching the mailing list 
archives for May of this year. Has such a feature made it into the 
latest CVS tree? If not, are there still plans to put it in, and what 
would be the best way to get around this limitation for the time being?

Thanks.
Parag Chandra