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I cannot reproduce what you've described. This is what I did (please try to provide similar steps to reproduce what you're seeing):

~
$ mkdir -p /tmp/test_ws/src

~
$ cd /tmp/test_ws/src/

/tmp/test_ws/src
$ catkin_create_pkg abc --rosdistro kinetic
Created file abc/package.xml
Created file abc/CMakeLists.txt
Successfully created files in /private/tmp/test_ws/src/abc. Please adjust the values in package.xml.

/tmp/test_ws/src
$ cd ..

/tmp/test_ws
$ source ~/kinetic/install/setup.bash

/tmp/test_ws
$ catkin config --install
-----------------------------------------------------------
Profile:                     default
Extending:             [env] /Users/william/kinetic/install
Workspace:                   /tmp/test_ws
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Source Space:       [exists] /tmp/test_ws/src
Log Space:         [missing] /tmp/test_ws/logs
Build Space:       [missing] /tmp/test_ws/build
Devel Space:       [missing] /tmp/test_ws/devel
Install Space:     [missing] /tmp/test_ws/install
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          linked
Install Space Layout:        merged
-----------------------------------------------------------
Additional CMake Args:       None
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
-----------------------------------------------------------
Whitelisted Packages:        None
Blacklisted Packages:        None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Workspace configuration appears valid.

Initialized new catkin workspace in `/tmp/test_ws`
-----------------------------------------------------------

/tmp/test_ws
$ catkin b
==> Expanding alias 'b' from 'catkin b' to 'catkin build'
-----------------------------------------------------------
Profile:                     default
Extending:             [env] /Users/william/kinetic/install
Workspace:                   /tmp/test_ws
-----------------------------------------------------------
Source Space:       [exists] /tmp/test_ws/src
Log Space:         [missing] /tmp/test_ws/logs
Build Space:        [exists] /tmp/test_ws/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /tmp/test_ws/devel
Install Space:     [missing] /tmp/test_ws/install
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          linked
Install Space Layout:        merged
-----------------------------------------------------------
Additional CMake Args:       None
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
-----------------------------------------------------------
Whitelisted Packages:        None
Blacklisted Packages:        None
-----------------------------------------------------------
Workspace configuration appears valid.

NOTE: Forcing CMake to run for each package.
-----------------------------------------------------------
[build] Found '1' packages in 0.0 seconds.
Starting  >>> catkin_tools_prebuild
Finished  <<< catkin_tools_prebuild                [ 2.3 seconds ]
Starting  >>> abc
Finished  <<< abc                                  [ 2.5 seconds ]
[build] Summary: All 2 packages succeeded!
[build]   Ignored:   None.
[build]   Warnings:  None.
[build]   Abandoned: None.
[build]   Failed:    None.
[build] Runtime: 4.8 seconds total.
[build] Note: Workspace packages have changed, please re-source setup files to use them.

/tmp/test_ws
$ source ./install/setup.bash

/tmp/test_ws
$ rospack find abc
/tmp/test_ws/install/share/abc

/tmp/test_ws
$ catkin_find abc
/tmp/test_ws/install/share/abc