Brad King wrote: > On 11/04/2016 09:52 AM, maikel van den Hurk wrote: >> What about doing what was targeted with this bug: >> https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=12435? > > That issue is now tracked here: > > https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/12435 > > I've just added some notes to the discussion. > > Steve, do you recall why $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,LINK_LIBRARIES> > is not transitive as genexes for other usage requirements are?
I believe it's because of a chicken-egg concern - the link libraries are the basis for transitivity for other properties. I remember discussing that in the mailing list back in the design phase. Thanks, Steve. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
