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authorMarc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@gmail.com>2018-10-25 17:21:11 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-26 13:36:53 (GMT)
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Help: clarify "LINKER:" prefix usage
Fixes: #18503
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/command')
-rw-r--r--Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt12
-rw-r--r--Help/command/add_link_options.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/command/target_link_options.rst4
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt b/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
index 76927be..a723375 100644
--- a/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
+++ b/Help/command/LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,15 @@ driver option and the rest of the option string defines linker arguments using
For example, ``"LINKER:-z,defs"`` becomes ``-Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs`` for
``Clang`` and ``-Wl,-z,defs`` for ``GNU GCC``.
+
+The ``LINKER:`` prefix can be specified as part of a ``SHELL:`` prefix
+expression.
+
+The ``LINKER:`` prefix supports, as alternate syntax, specification of
+arguments using ``SHELL:`` prefix and space as separator. Previous example
+becomes ``"LINKER:SHELL:-z defs"``.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Specifying ``SHELL:`` prefix elsewhere than at the beginning of the
+ ``LINKER:`` prefix is not supported.
diff --git a/Help/command/add_link_options.rst b/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
index 551d440..e5fb878 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.
-.. include:: LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
-
.. include:: OPTIONS_SHELL.txt
+
+.. include:: LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
diff --git a/Help/command/target_link_options.rst b/Help/command/target_link_options.rst
index 8f47180..0b45a8b 100644
--- a/Help/command/target_link_options.rst
+++ b/Help/command/target_link_options.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.
-.. include:: LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt
-
.. include:: OPTIONS_SHELL.txt
+
+.. include:: LINK_OPTIONS_LINKER.txt