Yes, that is correct. Bake can find dependencies regardless of where the dependency's source code is. You also don't need to first install your project before i

Yes, that is correct. Bake can find dependencies regardless of where the dependency's source code is. You also don't need to first install your project before it can be used as a dependency, building is enough. A big difference with CMake is that bake stores package binaries, include files and metadata in a $HOME/bake directory. It won't actually install anything to /usr/local (or equivalent), unless you explicitly tell it to. Users typically first build everything to their $HOME/bake folder, and then when they want to make it available for all users, copy the contents of that folder to /opt when distributing the project.