[cmake-developers] [CMake 0013876]: Use of LINK_PRIVATE in target_link_libraries(...) cause all libaries to be linked private

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13876 
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Reported By:                Chris Harris
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   13876
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-01-24 14:50 EST
Last Modified:              2013-01-24 14:50 EST
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Summary:                    Use of LINK_PRIVATE in target_link_libraries(...)
cause all libaries to be linked private
Description: 
Given the following CMake code:

target_link_libraries(AvogadroIO AvogadroCore)

target_link_libraries(AvogadroIO LINK_PRIVATE hdf5)

The LINK_PRIVATE is also applied to AvogadroCore. The workaround is to add
LINK_PUBLIC:

target_link_libraries(AvogadroIO LINK_PUBLIC AvogadroCore)

target_link_libraries(AvogadroIO LINK_PRIVATE hdf5)


Steps to Reproduce: 
The following dashboard entry demonstrates this failure:

http://cdash.openchemistry.org/viewBuildError.php?buildid=5638
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-01-24 14:50 Chris Harris   New Issue                                    
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