CMake/Help/policy/CMP0039.rst

CMP0039
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.. |REMOVED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 4.0
.. include:: REMOVED_PROLOGUE.txt

Utility targets may not have link dependencies.

CMake 2.8.12 and lower allowed using utility targets in the left hand side
position of the :command:`target_link_libraries` command. This is an indicator
of a bug in user code.

The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to ignore attempts to set the link
libraries of utility targets.  The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to
report an error if an attempt is made to set the link libraries of a
utility target.

.. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.0
.. |WARNED_OR_DID_NOT_WARN| replace:: warned
.. include:: REMOVED_EPILOGUE.txt