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diff --git a/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst b/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst index 41265fd..c2d2dc6 100644 --- a/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst +++ b/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst @@ -32,13 +32,16 @@ per-configuration rules by creating and linking to IMPORTED library targets. See the IMPORTED mode of the add_library command for more information. -Library dependencies are transitive by default. When this target is -linked into another target then the libraries linked to this target -will appear on the link line for the other target too. See the -INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES target property to override the set of -transitive link dependencies for a target. Calls to other signatures -of this command may set the property making any libraries linked -exclusively by this signature private. +Library dependencies are transitive by default with this signature. +When this target is linked into another target then the libraries +linked to this target will appear on the link line for the other +target too. This transitive "link interface" is stored in the +INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES target property when policy CMP0022 is set to +NEW and may be overridden by setting the property directly. +(When CMP0022 is not set to NEW, transitive linking is builtin but may +be overridden by the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property. Calls to other +signatures of this command may set the property making any libraries +linked exclusively by this signature private.) CMake will also propagate "usage requirements" from linked library targets. Usage requirements affect compilation of sources in the |