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diff --git a/Help/command/link_libraries.rst b/Help/command/link_libraries.rst index d690c9b..fd5dc37 100644 --- a/Help/command/link_libraries.rst +++ b/Help/command/link_libraries.rst @@ -1,16 +1,19 @@ link_libraries -------------- -Deprecated. Use the target_link_libraries() command instead. - Link libraries to all targets added later. :: - link_libraries(library1 <debug | optimized> library2 ...) + link_libraries([item1 [item2 [...]]] + [[debug|optimized|general] <item>] ...) + +Specify libraries or flags to use when linking any targets created later in +the current directory or below by commands such as :command:`add_executable` +or :command:`add_library`. See the :command:`target_link_libraries` command +for meaning of arguments. -Specify a list of libraries to be linked into any following targets -(typically added with the add_executable or add_library calls). This -command is passed down to all subdirectories. The debug and optimized -strings may be used to indicate that the next library listed is to be -used only for that specific type of build. +.. note:: + The :command:`target_link_libraries` command should be preferred whenever + possible. Library dependencies are chained automatically, so directory-wide + specification of link libraries is rarely needed. |