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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-29 13:57:52 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2018-10-29 13:58:00 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'target_property-clarification'
213433858f Help: Clarify usage of TARGET_PROPERTY generator expression Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !2535
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@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ Available informational expressions are:
expression is evaluated on.
``$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>``
Value of the property ``prop`` on the target on which the generator
- expression is evaluated.
+ expression is evaluated. Note that for generator expressions in
+ :ref:`Target Usage Requirements` this is the value of the property
+ on the consuming target rather than the target specifying the
+ requirement.
``$<INSTALL_PREFIX>``
Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via
:command:`install(EXPORT)` and empty otherwise.