> On 2011-11-23 10:44+0100 Michael Wild wrote: > >> On 11/23/2011 10:25 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >>> cmake-2.8.6 has the following documentation of the >>> LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property for targets: >>> >>> LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES >>> List public interface libraries for a shared library or >>> executable. >>> >>> By default linking to a shared library target transitively links >>> to >>> targets with which the library itself was linked. For an >>> executable >>> with exports (see the ENABLE_EXPORTS property) no default >>> transitive >>> link dependencies are used. This property replaces the default >>> transitive link dependencies with an explicit list. When the >>> target >>> is linked into another target the libraries listed (and >>> recursively >>> their link interface libraries) will be provided to the other >>> target >>> also. If the list is empty then no transitive link dependencies >>> will >>> be incorporated when this target is linked into another target >>> even if >>> the default set is non-empty. This property is ignored for >>> STATIC >>> libraries. >>> >>> I believe the reference to executables above is just plain >>> wrong/misleading. For example, the FAQ states that >>> LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES simply lists "the libraries that should be >>> transitively included in the link by CMake" with the clear implication >>> (also confirmed by experiment below) that this target property affects >>> _everything that links to the target whose property is being set_. >>> But nothing links to an executable so why are executables mentioned at >>> all? >> >> That's not true. See the ENABLE_EXPORTS target property. > > Oops. You are right. I had never ever heard of applications > exporting symbols before. Live and learn.
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