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| author | Marc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@gmail.com> | 2019-12-06 16:01:48 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2019-12-09 16:29:36 (GMT) |
| commit | bbba70189913e7add151e1f0eb7a2e7936626a7d (patch) | |
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| parent | a2c0c2d024506725c431111ce1b2b41b307826ad (diff) | |
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Link properties: must be transitive over private dependency on static library
Fixes: #20022
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/policy/CMP0099.rst | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/Link-properties-transitive.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst index eceeac7..2118031 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Policies Introduced by CMake 3.17 .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + CMP0099: Link properties are transitive over private dependency on static libraries. </policy/CMP0099> CMP0098: FindFLEX runs flex in CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR when executing. </policy/CMP0098> Policies Introduced by CMake 3.16 diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0099.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0099.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c897e7b --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0099.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +CMP0099 +------- + +Target link properties :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS`, +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES` and :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS` +are now transitive over private dependencies of static libraries. + +In CMake 3.16 and below the interface link properties attached to libraries +are not propagated for private dependencies of static libraries. +Only the libraries themselves are propagated to link the dependent binary. +CMake 3.17 and later prefer to propagate all interface link properties. +This policy provides compatibility for projects that have not been updated +to expect the new behavior. + +The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to not propagate interface link +properties. The ``NEW`` behavior of this policy is to propagate interface link +properties. + +This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.17. Use the +:command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly. +Unlike many policies, CMake version |release| does *not* warn +when this policy is not set and simply uses ``OLD`` behavior. + +.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt diff --git a/Help/release/dev/Link-properties-transitive.rst b/Help/release/dev/Link-properties-transitive.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..535b40c --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/Link-properties-transitive.rst @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Link-properties-transitive +-------------------------- + +* Target link properties :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS`, + :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES` and + :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS` are now transitive over private + dependency on static libraries. + See policy :policy:`CMP0099`. |