summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorStephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>2014-02-05 13:51:08 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-02-06 21:15:53 (GMT)
commit3879c847825d40a439b0ec55421309ab9b33c1ee (patch)
tree42f3d3b7a615b5aed7e253c7468bfd8c8369fabf /Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst
parentba4c2fa8fd2a03f7d69e60d581d44a3cc79a3c9a (diff)
downloadCMake-3879c847825d40a439b0ec55421309ab9b33c1ee.zip
CMake-3879c847825d40a439b0ec55421309ab9b33c1ee.tar.gz
CMake-3879c847825d40a439b0ec55421309ab9b33c1ee.tar.bz2
Help: Document relation of properties to the rest of the buildsystem.
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst')
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst20
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst
index 1794d87..a0050b9 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING.rst
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING
Properties which must be string-compatible with their link interface
-The COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING property may contain a list of
+The ``COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING`` property may contain a list of
properties for this target which must be the same when evaluated as a
-string in the INTERFACE of all linked dependees. For example, if a
-property "FOO" appears in the list, then for each dependee, the
-"INTERFACE_FOO" property content in all of its dependencies must be
-equal with each other, and with the "FOO" property in the depender.
-If the property is not set, then it is ignored. Note that for each
-dependee, the set of properties from this property must not intersect
-with the set of properties from the :prop_tgt:`COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_BOOL`,
-:prop_tgt:`COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_NUMBER_MIN` or
-:prop_tgt:`COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_NUMBER_MAX` property.
+string in the ``INTERFACE`` variant of the property all linked dependees.
+For example, if a property ``FOO`` appears in the list, then for each
+dependee, the ``INTERFACE_FOO`` property content in all of its
+dependencies must be equal with each other, and with the ``FOO`` property
+in the depender. If the property is not set, then it is ignored.
+
+Note that for each dependee, the set of properties specified in this
+property must not intersect with the set specified in any of the other
+:ref:`Compatible Interface Properties`.