LINK_DIRECTORIES: Add new properties and commands

These new capabilities enable to manage link directories

Two new properties:
* target properties: LINK_DIRECTORIES and INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES

One new command
* target_link_directories(): to populate target properties

Fixes: #17215

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 354da4e..963bb44 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ cmBacktraceRange cmMakefile::GetLinkOptionsBacktraces() const
   return this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory().GetLinkOptionsEntryBacktraces();
 }
 
+cmStringRange cmMakefile::GetLinkDirectoriesEntries() const
+{
+  return this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory().GetLinkDirectoriesEntries();
+}
+
+cmBacktraceRange cmMakefile::GetLinkDirectoriesBacktraces() const
+{
+  return this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory()
+    .GetLinkDirectoriesEntryBacktraces();
+}
+
 cmListFileBacktrace cmMakefile::GetBacktrace() const
 {
   return this->Backtrace;
@@ -1237,6 +1248,11 @@ void cmMakefile::AddLinkOption(std::string const& option)
   this->AppendProperty("LINK_OPTIONS", option.c_str());
 }
 
+void cmMakefile::AddLinkDirectory(std::string const& directory)
+{
+  this->AppendProperty("LINK_DIRECTORIES", directory.c_str());
+}
+
 bool cmMakefile::ParseDefineFlag(std::string const& def, bool remove)
 {
   // Create a regular expression to match valid definitions.
@@ -1335,10 +1351,6 @@ void cmMakefile::InitializeFromParent(cmMakefile* parent)
   // link libraries
   this->SetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES", parent->GetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES"));
 
-  // link directories
-  this->SetProperty("LINK_DIRECTORIES",
-                    parent->GetProperty("LINK_DIRECTORIES"));
-
   // the initial project name
   this->StateSnapshot.SetProjectName(parent->StateSnapshot.GetProjectName());
 
@@ -1872,17 +1884,6 @@ void cmMakefile::AddGlobalLinkInformation(cmTarget& target)
       return;
     default:;
   }
-  if (const char* linkDirsProp = this->GetProperty("LINK_DIRECTORIES")) {
-    std::vector<std::string> linkDirs;
-    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(linkDirsProp, linkDirs);
-
-    for (std::string& linkDir : linkDirs) {
-      // Sanitize the path the same way the link_directories command does
-      // in case projects set the LINK_DIRECTORIES property directly.
-      cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(linkDir);
-      target.AddLinkDirectory(linkDir);
-    }
-  }
 
   if (const char* linkLibsProp = this->GetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES")) {
     std::vector<std::string> linkLibs;