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@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ If a library name matches that of another target in the project a
dependency will automatically be added in the build system to make sure
the library being linked is up-to-date before the target links. Item names
starting with ``-``, but not ``-l`` or ``-framework``, are treated as
-linker flags.
+linker flags. Note that such flags will be treated like any other library
+link item for purposes of transitive dependencies, so they are generally
+safe to specify only as private link items that will not propagate to
+dependents of ``<target>``.
A ``debug``, ``optimized``, or ``general`` keyword indicates that the
library immediately following it is to be used only for the