Does CMake support “convenience” libraries?
No. CMake does not currently support convenience libraries. A “convenience” library, as GNU libtool calls it, is an archive of objects to be mixed into other libraries. Other libraries “link” to the convenience library, but the convenience library does not export any symbols; GNU libtool never installs the convenience library; no programs ever link to the convenience library. This does not mean that a project using convenience libraries cannot be converted to CMake. Instead the source files may be listed in each target that needs them. They will be built for each target separately using all the preprocessor definitions and flags configured for that target.
