[CMake] Request to reopen a bug (#13231) and apply patch given in to mainstream

[Prasad Bhat]

Hi all,

I request to reopen the bug/feature request (#13231) --
https://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=13231&nbn=1

Other than use case mentioned in the bug,  common use case for which I find
this to very useful is as follows -
1. If you are packaging a library, it is common practice to have
    a) shared library and necessary files in lib<name>-<version>.deb and
    b) all header files and development related files in
lib<name>-dev-<version>.deb

2. Packaging two libraries, both of which have differing dependencies. Call
to dpkg-shlibs is not always reliable and coding the dependencies directly
in CMakeLists.txt is quite often easy.

Solution to this bug would help to resolve these problems.

The bug (#13231) already has a patch listed in it.

Of course, there are work-a-rounds like
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-April/043715.html
But, that is quite round-about methods and involve unrecommended practices
like multiple include(CPack).

Get this in mainstream would be a great help!

Thanks,
Prasad


~ Prasad Bhat
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