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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2022-01-31 05:24:51 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2022-01-31 05:25:05 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-LINKER_LANGUAGE'
f59d255173 Help: Highlight internal nature of linker preference variables Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !6922
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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/LINKER_LANGUAGE.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/LINKER_LANGUAGE.rst
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@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ For executables, shared libraries, and modules, this sets the language
whose compiler is used to link the target (such as "C" or "CXX"). A
typical value for an executable is the language of the source file
providing the program entry point (main). If not set, the language
-with the highest linker preference value is the default. See
-documentation of :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_PREFERENCE` variables.
+with the highest linker preference value is the default. Details of
+the linker preferences are considered internal, but some limited
+discussion can be found under the internal
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_PREFERENCE` variables.
If this property is not set by the user, it will be calculated at
generate-time by CMake.