From 8a75c7ef32af391cb45af889d266e2a77daa61d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Kelly Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:46:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Help: Document the export limitation of INTERFACE_SOURCES. --- Help/command/target_sources.rst | 4 ++++ Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Help/command/target_sources.rst b/Help/command/target_sources.rst index d6f148d23..832240ade 100644 --- a/Help/command/target_sources.rst +++ b/Help/command/target_sources.rst @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ items will populate the :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property of following arguments specify sources. Repeated calls for the same ```` append items in the order called. +Targets with :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` may not be exported with the +:command:`export` or :command:`install(EXPORT)` commands. This limitation may be +lifted in a future version of CMake. + Arguments to ``target_sources`` may use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst index fb28231a3..c8ca2e83a 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ targets can add entries to their own :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property such as ``$`` to use the sources specified in the interface of ``foo``. +Targets with ``INTERFACE_SOURCES`` may not be exported with the +:command:`export` or :command:`install(EXPORT)` commands. This limitation may be +lifted in a future version of CMake. + Contents of ``INTERFACE_SOURCES`` may use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`