[CMake] Creating a static lib from other static libs, HOW?

[Goswin von Brederlow]

"Brandon Van Every" <bvanevery at gmail.com> writes:

> On 9/16/07, Juan Sanchez <Juan.Sanchez at amd.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The ar command can be used to extract the .o files from a .a file.
>> Extracting them all into the same directory, perhaps you can use some
>> file globbing to find all the objects and add them to another archive.
>
> Yeah but that's the ar command, which is specific to Unixy systems.
> Doesn't help a cross-platform build solution that includes MSVC.
>
> I just got done telling all you guys how to reuse objects in a
> platform independent manner.  And it's in the FAQ now for handy
> reference.

Problems arise when you have too many objects for the command line.
You need succesive links steps then. Did you consider that?

MfG
        Goswin