some low level libraries may reside in exotic paths ...

modules/find/FindPkgconfigLibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake

@@ -57,39 +57,39 @@ macro(FIND_PKGCONFIG_LIBRARIES_ABSOLUTE_PATH _prefix)
     endif()
   endforeach()
   set (${_prefix}_LIBRARIES "${${_prefix}_LIBRARIES}" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
-  # static case
-  set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}")
-  set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "")
-  foreach(_library ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY})
-    if(EXISTS "${_library}")
-      list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library})
-    else()
-      get_filename_component(_ext "${_library}" EXT)
-      set(_lib_extensions ".so" ".a" ".dyld" ".dll")
-      list(FIND _lib_extensions "${_ext}" _index)
-      if (${_index} GREATER -1)
-        get_filename_component(_library "${_library}" NAME_WE)
-      endif()
-      # try static first
-      set (default_find_library_suffixes ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-      set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-      find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
-          HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
-      set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${default_find_library_suffixes})
-      # if not found try dynamic
-      if (NOT _library_path)
-        find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
-            HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
-      endif()
-      if (_library_path)
-          list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library_path})
-      else()
-          message(FATAL_ERROR "Dependency of ${_prefix} '${_library}' NOT FOUND")
-      endif()
-      unset(_library_path CACHE)
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  set (${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
+  ## static case
+  #set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}")
+  #set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "")
+  #foreach(_library ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY})
+  #  if(EXISTS "${_library}")
+  #    list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library})
+  #  else()
+  #    get_filename_component(_ext "${_library}" EXT)
+  #    set(_lib_extensions ".so" ".a" ".dyld" ".dll")
+  #    list(FIND _lib_extensions "${_ext}" _index)
+  #    if (${_index} GREATER -1)
+  #      get_filename_component(_library "${_library}" NAME_WE)
+  #    endif()
+  #    # try static first
+  #    set (default_find_library_suffixes ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+  #    set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+  #    find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
+  #        HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
+  #    set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${default_find_library_suffixes})
+  #    # if not found try dynamic
+  #    if (NOT _library_path)
+  #      find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
+  #          HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
+  #    endif()
+  #    if (_library_path)
+  #        list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library_path})
+  #    else()
+  #        message(FATAL_ERROR "Dependency of ${_prefix} '${_library}' NOT FOUND")
+  #    endif()
+  #    unset(_library_path CACHE)
+  #  endif()
+  #endforeach()
+  #set (${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 endmacro()
 
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