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<span id="prop_tgt:INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"></span><h1>INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE<a class="headerlink" href="#interface-position-independent-code" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Whether consumers need to create a position-independent target</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code> property informs consumers of
this target whether they must set their
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.html#prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE" title="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code></a> property to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ON</span></code>. If this
property is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ON</span></code>, then the <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.html#prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE" title="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code></a>
property on all consumers will be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ON</span></code>. Similarly, if this
property is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OFF</span></code>, then the <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.html#prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE" title="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code></a>
property on all consumers will be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OFF</span></code>. If this property is
undefined, then consumers will determine their
<span class="target" id="index-3-prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.html#prop_tgt:POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE" title="POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code></a> property by other means. Consumers
must ensure that the targets that they link to have a consistent
requirement for their <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code> property.</p>
<p>Contents of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE</span></code> may use
&quot;generator expressions&quot; with the syntax <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$&lt;...&gt;</span></code>. See the
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.html#manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)" title="cmake-generator-expressions(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake-generator-expressions(7)</span></code></a> manual for available expressions.
See the <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-buildsystem(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html#manual:cmake-buildsystem(7)" title="cmake-buildsystem(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake-buildsystem(7)</span></code></a> manual for more on defining buildsystem
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