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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2018-03-01 14:25:45 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2018-03-01 14:27:50 (GMT) |
| commit | bafe655b11c876b45a5ce1fbaf4643593bdd22a3 (patch) | |
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Help: Document linking behavior of OBJECT libraries
Inspired-by: Deniz Bahadir <dbahadir@benocs.com>
Issue: #14778
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diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst index 1cedc35..eb7b07c 100644 --- a/Help/command/install.rst +++ b/Help/command/install.rst @@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ export file itself, call ``install(EXPORT)``, documented below. They install no artifacts but will be included in an associated ``EXPORT``. If :ref:`Object Libraries` are listed but given no destination for their object files, they will be exported as :ref:`Interface Libraries`. +This is sufficient to satisfy transitive usage requirements of other +targets that link to the object libraries in their implementation. Installing a target with the :prop_tgt:`EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL` target property set to ``TRUE`` has undefined behavior. |