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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst index c8ca2e8..696ee95 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ INTERFACE_SOURCES ----------------- -List of interface sources to pass to the compiler. +List of interface sources to compile into consuming targets. Targets may populate this property to publish the sources -for consuming targets to compile. Consuming -targets can add entries to their own :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property -such as ``$<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_SOURCES>`` to use the -sources specified in the interface of ``foo``. +for consuming targets to compile. The :command:`target_sources` command +populates this property with values given to the ``PUBLIC`` and +``INTERFACE`` keywords. Projects may also get and set the property directly. + +When target dependencies are specified using :command:`target_link_libraries`, +CMake will read this property from all target dependencies to determine the +sources of the consumer. Targets with ``INTERFACE_SOURCES`` may not be exported with the :command:`export` or :command:`install(EXPORT)` commands. This limitation may be |