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List:       cmake
Subject:    Re: [CMake] Bug? CMP0008 and inability to use .a libraries with MSVC
From:       "Christian Ehrlicher" <Ch.Ehrlicher () gmx ! de>
Date:       2009-03-12 14:19:00
Message-ID: 20090312141900.135210 () gmx ! net
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> Von: Braddock Gaskill
> I am unable to use static GnuWin32 libraries using the lib*.a naming
> convention with an MSVC 8 2005 target.
> 
.a libraries are static libraries for MinGW. When you're using msvc you have to link \
against .lib. It sometimes works that msvc can also link against a .a but that's not \
intented and therefore cmake doesn't allow it.


Christian
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