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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2018-03-12 17:50:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2018-03-12 17:50:37 (GMT) |
| commit | 2dad62045239053b119d0ae7b795ac6a59b4f7a7 (patch) | |
| tree | d900f88a1e7a2c74b64267b0c34e57dba7e52260 /Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst | |
| parent | 83071fff759f27f18922df8336826f19518e730c (diff) | |
| parent | 78756429abe1d0c41596d48315fec96e72cc65f7 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'update-buildsystem-docs'
78756429ab Help: Adapt cmake-buildsystem(7) to new IMPORTED targets features
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !1839
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst index 3516d48..50c4087 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst @@ -840,12 +840,11 @@ Imported Targets An :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target represents a pre-existing dependency. Usually such targets are defined by an upstream package and should be treated as -immutable. It is not possible to use an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target in the -left-hand-side of the :command:`target_compile_definitions`, -:command:`target_include_directories`, :command:`target_compile_options` or -:command:`target_link_libraries` commands, as that would be an attempt to -modify it. :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets are designed to be used only in the -right-hand-side of those commands. +immutable. After declaring an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target one can adjust its +target properties by using the customary commands such as +:command:`target_compile_definitions`, :command:`target_include_directories`, +:command:`target_compile_options` or :command:`target_link_libraries` just like +with any other regular target. :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets may have the same usage requirement properties populated as binary targets, such as |