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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst index bceff2d..b14160c 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ targets in multiple different directories convenient through use of the Transitive Usage Requirements ----------------------------- -The usage requirements of a target can transitively propagate to dependents. +The usage requirements of a target can transitively propagate to the dependents. The :command:`target_link_libraries` command has ``PRIVATE``, ``INTERFACE`` and ``PUBLIC`` keywords to control the propagation. @@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ The :command:`target_link_libraries` command has ``PRIVATE``, # consumer is compiled with -DUSING_ARCHIVE_LIB target_link_libraries(consumer archiveExtras) -Because ``archive`` is a ``PUBLIC`` dependency of ``archiveExtras``, the -usage requirements of it are propagated to ``consumer`` too. Because +Because the ``archive`` is a ``PUBLIC`` dependency of ``archiveExtras``, the +usage requirements of it are propagated to ``consumer`` too. + +Because ``serialization`` is a ``PRIVATE`` dependency of ``archiveExtras``, the usage requirements of it are not propagated to ``consumer``. |