gcc cannot find the static library installed in /usr/local/lib

I have built and installed my library according to the following cmake:

install(
    TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}
    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
)

install(
    TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}_static
    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
)

so I get:

/usr/local/pkgconfig/libmylib.pc
/usr/local/lib/libmylib.0.1.1.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libmylib.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libmylib.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libmylib.a
/usr/local/include/libmylib.h

Now if I try to build test.c:

#include <libmylib.h>
int main() {
    mylibfoo();
}

• gcc test.c -lmylib the source is compiled with the dynamic library.

else

• gcc test.c the linker gives the following error:

Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_mylibfoo", referenced from:
      _main in mylibfoo-a8b267.o

I'm trying on the Darwin Kernel Version 19.3.0 (MacOS) system but I get the same result on a Linux system unless I build with: gcc test.c -l:libmylib.a

I want that if -l was not specified, the build uses the static library.