[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015415]: Linking a static library to an interface library -> no such library when used outside

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15415 
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Reported By:                Ben Boeckel
Assigned To:                Stephen Kelly
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15415
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Target Version:             CMake 3.3
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Date Submitted:             2015-02-23 14:35 EST
Last Modified:              2015-02-23 14:35 EST
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Summary:                    Linking a static library to an interface library ->
no such library when used outside
Description: 
First, there is no error with the following:

    add_library(a INTERFACE)
    add_library(b STATIC)
    target_link_libraries(b PRIVATE a)
    install(TARGETS b EXPORT foo)

which generates

    set_target_properties(b PROPERTIES
    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "$<LINK_ONLY:a>")

in the targets file which causes users of b to not be able to find 'a'.

However, I would like for 'a' to just not show up at all in the export file
(which I think makes sense for INTERFACE libraries linked to via PRIVATE).
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-02-23 14:35 Ben Boeckel    New Issue                                    
2015-02-23 14:35 Ben Boeckel    Status                   new => assigned     
2015-02-23 14:35 Ben Boeckel    Assigned To               => Stephen Kelly   
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