CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_USE_LINKER

.. versionadded:: 3.27

For the :ref:Makefile <Makefile Generators> and :ref:Ninja <Ninja Generators> generators, link dependencies are now, for a selection of linkers, generated by the linker itself. By defining this variable with value FALSE, you can deactivate this feature.

This feature is also deactivated if the :prop_tgt:LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED target property is true.

.. note::

CMake version |release| defaults this variable to FALSE if the linker is one from the GNU binutils linkers (ld and ld.bfd for version less than 2.41 or ld.gold for any version) because it generate spurious dependencies on temporary files when LTO is enabled. See GNU bug 30568_.

.. _GNU bug 30568: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30568