# CMake: zlib dependency not properly propagted by hdf5 targets

**URL:** <https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cmake-zlib-dependency-not-properly-propagted-by-hdf5-targets/5149>\
**Category:** HDF5 Library\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cmake-zlib-dependency-not-properly-propagted-by-hdf5-targets/5149 "2018-12-06T10:01:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![byrn](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@byrn](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/byrn)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/cmake-zlib-dependency-not-properly-propagted-by-hdf5-targets/5149/7 "2019-03-07T16:42:56Z")

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I will take a look and try some things - maybe we can get a solution for the next release of hdf5.  
Also maybe the AND NOT TARGET “zlib/szip” should just be deleted?

Allen

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