# Why is TARGET\_LINK\_LIBRARIES unable to link to third-party libraries when configuring static libraries?

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**Category:** Code\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-is-target-link-libraries-unable-to-link-to-third-party-libraries-when-configuring-static-libraries/1855 "2020-09-18T01:03:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mirro187](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mirro187](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/mirro187)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-is-target-link-libraries-unable-to-link-to-third-party-libraries-when-configuring-static-libraries/1855/1 "2020-09-18T01:03:12Z")

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**Author:** ![hsattler](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/59ef9b/32.png) [@hsattler](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hsattler)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-is-target-link-libraries-unable-to-link-to-third-party-libraries-when-configuring-static-libraries/1855/2 "2020-09-18T11:01:12Z")

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Static libraries are not linked

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**Author:** ![mirro187](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mirro187](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/mirro187)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-is-target-link-libraries-unable-to-link-to-third-party-libraries-when-configuring-static-libraries/1855/4 "2020-09-19T05:10:48Z")

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How does CMAKE configure options when static libraries are introduced into third-party libraries?

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**Author:** ![CanyChen](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@CanyChen](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/CanyChen)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-is-target-link-libraries-unable-to-link-to-third-party-libraries-when-configuring-static-libraries/1855/5 "2020-10-29T01:50:25Z")

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this issue, Do you have a fix？