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diff --git a/share/cmake-3.18/Help/command/target_link_directories.rst b/share/cmake-3.18/Help/command/target_link_directories.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 76da94d..0000000 --- a/share/cmake-3.18/Help/command/target_link_directories.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -target_link_directories ------------------------ - -Add link directories to a target. - -.. code-block:: cmake - - target_link_directories(<target> [BEFORE] - <INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...] - [<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...]) - -Specifies the paths in which the linker should search for libraries when -linking a given target. Each item can be an absolute or relative path, -with the latter being interpreted as relative to the current source -directory. These items will be added to the link command. - -The named ``<target>`` must have been created by a command such as -:command:`add_executable` or :command:`add_library` and must not be an -:ref:`ALIAS target <Alias Targets>`. - -The ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC`` and ``PRIVATE`` keywords are required to -specify the scope of the items that follow them. ``PRIVATE`` and -``PUBLIC`` items will populate the :prop_tgt:`LINK_DIRECTORIES` property -of ``<target>``. ``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the -:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES` property of ``<target>`` -(:ref:`IMPORTED targets <Imported Targets>` only support ``INTERFACE`` items). -Each item specifies a link directory and will be converted to an absolute -path if necessary before adding it to the relevant property. Repeated -calls for the same ``<target>`` append items in the order called. - -If ``BEFORE`` is specified, the content will be prepended to the relevant -property instead of being appended. - -Arguments to ``target_link_directories`` may use "generator expressions" -with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` -manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` -manual for more on defining buildsystem properties. - -.. note:: - - This command is rarely necessary and should be avoided where there are - other choices. Prefer to pass full absolute paths to libraries where - possible, since this ensures the correct library will always be linked. - The :command:`find_library` command provides the full path, which can - generally be used directly in calls to :command:`target_link_libraries`. - Situations where a library search path may be needed include: - - - Project generators like Xcode where the user can switch target - architecture at build time, but a full path to a library cannot - be used because it only provides one architecture (i.e. it is not - a universal binary). - - Libraries may themselves have other private library dependencies - that expect to be found via ``RPATH`` mechanisms, but some linkers - are not able to fully decode those paths (e.g. due to the presence - of things like ``$ORIGIN``). |