Why does: Interface Libraries https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/add_library.html?highlight=add_library#id3
allow include directories via target_include_directories(INTERFACE) but not link_directories https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_dir/LINK_DIRECTORIES.html?highlight=link_directories which if we look at property scope: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-properties.7.html Why is include_directories at target resolution while link_directories is at directory resolution. link_directories is a property on a directory which if I recalled correctly I complained about many many moons ago (circa 2009) when I first realized this. I did not understand this logic then and don't understand this logic now. Someone what to give me the recipe for the CMake cool-aid so I can mix that up, drink it down, and re-read the doc and finally come to terms with this. Or could the powers that be redesign CMake to make sense. At the time I wrapped this nonsense in a macro and pretended it did not happen ... now I am rewriting my project for "new" CMake and still don't get this.
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