[CMake] Problem with link target over multiple libs

[Philippe Fortier]

Hi all,

I am using CMake for quite a while now, but I just realized a weird 
behavior yesterday. I have three libraries :

staticA
DynB
DynC

In my cmakelists.txt of DynB, I link with library staticA. In the 
cmakelists.txt of DyncC, I link with DynB, when I generate my VC 7.net 
solution and projects files, DynC library is told to link with staticA 
wich cause an error because this library does not know where staticA is. 
I could fix the problem by specifying the location of staticA in the 
cmakelists.txt of DynC, but that is not correct, DynC should not need to 
no anything about staticA.

Is it an error in CMake or a feature ? If so, could you just explain why 
CMake generates linking dependencies like that ?

Thank you very much,

Philippe Fortier
Software Developer
Resonant Medical