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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst index 65d87bf..95f5b87 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst @@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ The object files collection can be used as source inputs to other targets: add_executable(test_exe $<TARGET_OBJECTS:archive> test.cpp) -``OBJECT`` libraries may only be used locally as sources in a buildsystem -- -they may not be installed, exported, or used in the right hand side of +``OBJECT`` libraries may not be used in the right hand side of :command:`target_link_libraries`. They also may not be used as the ``TARGET`` -in a use of the :command:`add_custom_command(TARGET)` command signature. +in a use of the :command:`add_custom_command(TARGET)` command signature. They +may be installed, and will be exported as an INTERFACE library. Although object libraries may not be named directly in calls to the :command:`target_link_libraries` command, they can be "linked" |