link library to all targets in cmake project

Question

Let me describe what I think is a sufficiently common use case, that it should be supported. Consider a project which consists of a library and a set of executable that use

Answer 1

This answer might be obsolete:
Check the new set of variables CMAKE__STANDARD_LIBRARIES

Original Answer: It appears that now a CMAKE_STANDARD_LIBRARIES variable exists, where you can append the libraries according to your need. However, this variable seemingly expect full path to the libraries.

See here.