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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-02 17:19:00 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-02 17:19:00 (GMT)
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Help: Clarify add_custom_command build event execution order
Fixes: #17949
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@@ -216,10 +216,9 @@ When the command will happen is determined by which
of the following is specified:
``PRE_BUILD``
- Run before any other rules are executed within the target.
- This is supported only on Visual Studio 9 or later.
- For all other generators ``PRE_BUILD`` will be treated as
- ``PRE_LINK``.
+ On :ref:`Visual Studio Generators`, run before any other rules are
+ executed within the target.
+ On other generators, run just before ``PRE_LINK`` commands.
``PRE_LINK``
Run after sources have been compiled but before linking the binary
or running the librarian or archiver tool of a static library.