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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-02-19 13:34:29 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2014-02-19 13:34:29 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-usage-requirements'
0c54b775 Help: Document the purpose of usage requirements clearly.
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@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ Each command may be invoked with multiple uses of each keyword:
INTERFACE USING_ARCHIVE_LIB
)
+Note that usage requirements are not designed as a way to make downstreams
+use particular :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` or
+:prop_tgt:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS` etc for convenience only. The contents of
+the properties must be **requirements**, not merely recommendations or
+convenience.
+
Target Properties
-----------------