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author | Bartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com> | 2019-03-26 16:13:41 +0100 |
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committer | Bartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com> | 2019-03-27 16:01:20 +0100 |
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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0022.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0022.rst index 579d09ac0e..be60e375a3 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0022.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0022.rst @@ -1,39 +1,39 @@ CMP0022 ------- -INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES defines the link interface. +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` defines the link interface. CMake 2.8.11 constructed the 'link interface' of a target from properties matching ``(IMPORTED_)?LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)?``. The modern way to specify config-sensitive content is to use generator expressions and the ``IMPORTED_`` prefix makes uniform processing of the link interface with generator expressions impossible. The -INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES target property was introduced as a +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` target property was introduced as a replacement in CMake 2.8.12. This new property is named consistently -with the INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS, INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES -and INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS properties. For in-build targets, CMake +with the ``INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS``, ``INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`` +and ``INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties. For in-build targets, CMake will use the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES property as the source of the -link interface only if policy CMP0022 is NEW. When exporting a target -which has this policy set to NEW, only the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES -property will be processed and generated for the IMPORTED target by -default. A new option to the install(EXPORT) and export commands +link interface only if policy ``CMP0022`` is ``NEW``. When exporting a target +which has this policy set to ``NEW``, only the :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` +property will be processed and generated for the ``IMPORTED`` target by +default. A new option to the :command:`install(EXPORT)` and export commands allows export of the old-style properties for compatibility with downstream users of CMake versions older than 2.8.12. The -target_link_libraries command will no longer populate the properties -matching LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)? if this policy is NEW. +:command:`target_link_libraries` command will no longer populate the properties +matching ``LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)?`` if this policy is ``NEW``. Warning-free future-compatible code which works with CMake 2.8.7 onwards can be written by using the ``LINK_PRIVATE`` and ``LINK_PUBLIC`` keywords of :command:`target_link_libraries`. -The OLD behavior for this policy is to ignore the -INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES property for in-build targets. The NEW -behavior for this policy is to use the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES +The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to ignore the +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` property for in-build targets. +The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to use the ``INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES`` property for in-build targets, and ignore the old properties matching ``(IMPORTED_)?LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES(_<CONFIG>)?``. This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.8.12. CMake version -|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use -the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly. +|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use +the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly. .. include:: DEPRECATED.txt |