[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011348]: Why does Cmake use "-l" for linking when the actual (static) library is given?

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11348 
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Reported By:                Jeff Hensley
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11348
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2010-10-21 12:23 EDT
Last Modified:              2010-10-21 12:23 EDT
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Summary:                    Why does Cmake use "-l" for linking when the actual
(static) library is given?
Description: 
I'm having to jump through some hoops while using Cmake because it seems to
recognize that given libraries are in known locations, and then provides
links to them via the -l flag even though we are providing the actual
location and name of a library (*.a).

Note: this is on an HPC platform. cc is a wrapper script that sets up the
MPI and other niceities. cc is thus a front end to different compilers
which is changed by using the module command.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2010-10-21 12:23 Jeff Hensley   New Issue                                    
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