[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014670]: get_property does not work for ALIASED_TARGET property

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14670 
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Reported By:                Sascha Kratky
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14670
Category:                   CCMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-12-26 04:11 EST
Last Modified:              2013-12-26 04:11 EST
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Summary:                    get_property does not work for ALIASED_TARGET
property
Description: 
Retrieving the ALIASED_TARGET property with the get_property function results in
the runtime error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:10 (get_property):
  get_property unknown error.


Steps to Reproduce: 
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)

add_executable(main main.cpp)

# works
get_target_property (_aliasTarget main ALIASED_TARGET)
message(STATUS "${_aliasTarget}")

# does not work
get_property (_aliasTargetIsSet TARGET main PROPERTY ALIASED_TARGET SET)
get_property (_aliasTarget TARGET main PROPERTY ALIASED_TARGET)

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-12-26 04:11 Sascha Kratky  New Issue                                    
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