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| author | Hinell <al.neodim@gmail.com> | 2022-09-07 17:53:30 +0300 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2022-09-16 10:54:27 -0400 |
| commit | 3d31f99b744f97d25cbead8aaa55ce8bcb85367b (patch) | |
| tree | 4b2e0d4838ed767cac16d2a1b1308e5f47ac611a /Help/manual | |
| parent | cabba23ab270eb5cc672c43265f9eb3cb7dda8cc (diff) | |
| download | cmake-3d31f99b744f97d25cbead8aaa55ce8bcb85367b.tar.gz | |
Help: Link from usage requirement commands to detailed explanation
Augment vague mentions of "Transitive Usage Requirements" with links to
a detailed explanation.
Fixes: #23799
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst index bceff2d895..b14160c3c6 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``. |