Difference between PUBLIC and INTERFACE is not stated

[adaldev]

the usage of target_include_directories vs target_link_libraries

Hi IMHO, I partially agree for the executable part but not for the library one. First of all it does not depend on the shared/static status. Let say a lib A depends on a lib B. If the headers of A that may be included by an application that links A contains symbols from B then target_link_libraries(A PUBLIC B) otherwise target_link_libraries(A PRIVATE B) another situation may arise: B symbols are only present in A headers but are not used for A sources. then target_link_libraries(A INTERFA…