How to link a static library to an executable using CMake

Question

In CMake, we use TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES() to link a shared library to an library/executable.

For example:
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ExecutableName xxx)
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Answer 1

Just specifying the library filename should work:

TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ExecutableName libxxx.a)

and

TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ExecutableName xxx)

actually should work too as that would not look for the .so but for a libxxx.a file in the search paths.