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There was problems early on with O3DE 3rdParty libraries. Many 3rdParties used [CMake interface libraries](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/add_library.html#interface-libraries). The problem is that interfaces can only control their dependencies, not the hierarchy. For example, the O3DE LibTIFF 3rdParty depends on a prebuilt libtiff.a, and libtiff.a depends on ZLib. As an interface, the old LibTIFF used `target_link_libraries` to link in libtiff.a and ZLib.
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There was problems early on with O3DE 3rdParty libraries. Many 3rdParties used [CMake interface libraries](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/add_library.html#interface-libraries). The problem is that interfaces can only control their dependencies, not the hierarchy. For example, the O3DE LibTIFF 3rdParty depends on a prebuilt libtiff.a, and libtiff.a depends on ZLib. As an interface, the old LibTIFF used `target_link_libraries` to link in libtiff.a and ZLib.
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This is a flat dependency list, and so there was no way to tell that libtiff.a depends on ZLib. When CMake generates a Makefile it is free to list those libraries in any order. Depending on the order, LibTIFF could fail find ZLib definitions. As a result, a program using the LibTIFF 3rdParty would fail to link.
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This is a flat dependency list, and so there was no way to tell that libtiff.a depends on ZLib. When CMake generates a Makefile it is free to list those libraries in any order. Depending on the order, LibTIFF could fail find ZLib definitions. As a result, a program using the LibTIFF 3rdParty would fail to link.
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