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authorMatthew Woehlke <matthew.woehlke@kitware.com>2022-10-03 15:44:58 (GMT)
committerMatthew Woehlke <matthew.woehlke@kitware.com>2022-10-03 15:44:58 (GMT)
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Help: Improve try_compile debug documentation
Update the --debug-trycompile documentation to account for recent changes to try_compile. Mention where in the build tree to find artifacts when using said option.
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@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ contain something like the following:
target_link_options(cmTryCompileExec PRIVATE <LINK_OPTIONS from caller>)
target_link_libraries(cmTryCompileExec ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
-CMake will automatically generate a unique directory for each ``try_compile``
-operation in an unspecified location within the project's binary directory.
-These directories will be cleaned automatically unless
+CMake automatically generates, for each ``try_compile`` operation, a
+unique directory under ``${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch``
+with an unspecified name. These directories are cleaned automatically unless
:option:`--debug-trycompile <cmake --debug-trycompile>` is passed to ``cmake``.
Such directories from previous runs are also unconditionally cleaned at the
beginning of any ``cmake`` execution.