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Help: Document the export limitation of INTERFACE_SOURCES.

Stephen Kelly 11 years ago
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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
 ``<target>`` 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)`

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Help/prop_tgt/INTERFACE_SOURCES.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ targets can add entries to their own :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property
 such as ``$<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INTERFACE_SOURCES>`` 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)`