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Merge topic 'doc-link_directories-misconception' 

30e4a52 Tell people that link_directories() is not what they are searching for
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David Cole 2011-11-01 14:26:27 -04:00 committed by CMake Topic Stage
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Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h
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@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ public:
"For historical reasons, relative paths given to this command are "
"passed to the linker unchanged "
"(unlike many CMake commands which interpret them relative to the "
"current source directory)."
"current source directory).\n"
"Note that this command is rarely necessary. Library locations "
"returned by find_package() and find_library() are absolute paths. "
"Pass these absolute library file paths directly to the "
"target_link_libraries() command. CMake will ensure the linker finds "
"them."
;
}