Any special options needed for linking with shared libraries can be put in CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478404 --- cmake-2.6.0.orig/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx +++ cmake-2.6.0/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx @@ -201,11 +201,6 @@ std::string flags; std::string linkFlags; - // Add flags to deal with shared libraries. Any library being - // linked in might be shared, so always use shared flags for an - // executable. - this->LocalGenerator->AddSharedFlags(linkFlags, linkLanguage, true); - // Add flags to create an executable. this->LocalGenerator-> AddConfigVariableFlags(linkFlags, "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS",