On Tuesday 18 December 2012, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > This would have the same effect, but people could simply hide the
> > USE_INTERFACES keyword in a variable:
> > set(Foo_LIBRARIES USE_INTERFACES Foo::FooLib)
> >
> > and then it's again hidden:
> > target_link_libraries(hello ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${Foo_LIBRARIES})
>
> I don't see why anyone would do that.
A buildsystem maintainer might decide that he simply wants to provide the
normal Foo_LIBRARIES variable to its users, so they can simply continue to use
it as they always did, and don't have to care about the new cmake features.
I don't say whether that's a good or bad idea, but it's possible and IMO not
too far fetched.
Alex
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