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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2015-03-30 13:27:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | CMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2015-03-30 13:27:53 (GMT) |
| commit | c117c2bb5ef162dfa7d4cb2eb1acd0ee48c06297 (patch) | |
| tree | 4579c5edd3c408dbb4da3abc8c6038ccee04ecc1 /Help | |
| parent | a3bdb5578d54894832195fa29308ceb6b4ceed93 (diff) | |
| parent | ac14cbf01710c08e9bf31670cf40d88512b55752 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries'
ac14cbf0 Allow add_dependencies() on INTERFACE libraries (#15414)
817d31db Help: Format add_dependencies documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/add_dependencies.rst | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_dependencies.rst b/Help/command/add_dependencies.rst index 10997ec..c3583cf 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_dependencies.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_dependencies.rst @@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ Add a dependency between top-level targets. add_dependencies(<target> [<target-dependency>]...) -Make a top-level <target> depend on other top-level targets to ensure -that they build before <target> does. A top-level target is one -created by ADD_EXECUTABLE, ADD_LIBRARY, or ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET. -Dependencies added to an IMPORTED target are followed transitively in -its place since the target itself does not build. +Make a top-level ``<target>`` depend on other top-level targets to +ensure that they build before ``<target>`` does. A top-level target +is one created by one of the :command:`add_executable`, +:command:`add_library`, or :command:`add_custom_target` commands. -See the DEPENDS option of ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET and ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND for -adding file-level dependencies in custom rules. See the -OBJECT_DEPENDS option in SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES to add file-level -dependencies to object files. +Dependencies added to an :ref:`imported target <Imported Targets>` +or an :ref:`interface library <Interface Libraries>` are followed +transitively in its place since the target itself does not build. + +See the ``DEPENDS`` option of :command:`add_custom_target` and +:command:`add_custom_command` commands for adding file-level +dependencies in custom rules. See the :prop_sf:`OBJECT_DEPENDS` +source file property to add file-level dependencies to object files. diff --git a/Help/release/dev/add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries.rst b/Help/release/dev/add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dfac2af --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +add_dependencies-INTERFACE-libraries +------------------------------------ + +* The :command:`add_dependencies` command learned to allow dependencies + to be added to :ref:`interface libraries <Interface Libraries>`. + Dependencies added to an interface library are followed transitively + in its place since the target itself does not build. |