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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES.rst index bf7f72f4c..af3d9c2c3 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES.rst @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ other target also. This property is overridden by the :prop_tgt:`LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG>` property if policy :policy:`CMP0022` is ``OLD`` or unset. +The value of this property is used by the generators when constructing +the link rule for a dependent target. A dependent target's direct +link dependencies, specified by its :prop_tgt:`LINK_LIBRARIES` target +property, are linked first, followed by indirect dependencies from the +transitive closure of the direct dependencies' +``INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES`` properties. See policy :policy:`CMP0022`. + Contents of ``INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES`` may use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` |