[cmake-developers] target_link_libraries links mathlib as -lm rather than <fullpath>/libm.so, why?

[Brad King]

On 6/17/19 11:22 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> target_link_libraries(....  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so)
> 
> results in an actual link option "-lm".

Thanks.  I can reproduce that and have opened an issue with an explanation:

  https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/19399

It occurs when the `.so` is a GNU ld script instead of an actual binary.

-Brad