cmake_remove_duplicate_static_libs.py

from pathlib import Path

ltxt = Path("_rclpy_pybind11.dir/link.txt")

cmd = ltxt.read_text().split()

final_cmd = []
for c in cmd:
    if c.startswith("@CMakeFiles"):
        p = c.removeprefix("@CMakeFiles/")
        x = Path(p).read_text().split()

        if p.endswith("linkLibs.rsp"):
            # use only the first time the library is mentioned
            final_libs = []
            seen_libs = set()
            for l in x:
                if l not in seen_libs:
                    final_libs.append(l)
                    seen_libs.add(l)
                else:
                    print("Library already seen: ", l)
            final_cmd += final_libs
        else:
            final_cmd += x
    else:
        final_cmd.append(c)

print(' '.join(final_cmd))

# import subprocess
# try:
#     out = subprocess.check_call(final_cmd)
# except subrocee:
#     print(e)