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| author | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2013-10-15 15:17:36 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2013-10-15 18:12:03 (GMT) |
| commit | f051814ed0e63badbfd68049354f36259dbf4b49 (patch) | |
| tree | f4e6f885f86c882d723a7dd53d2b702d0c7fdffb /Help/prop_tgt/GNUtoMS.rst | |
| parent | e94958e99c4dec26c86ce8b76d744c04ba960675 (diff) | |
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Convert builtin help to reStructuredText source files
Run the convert-help.bash script to convert documentation:
./convert-help.bash "/path/to/CMake-build/bin"
Then remove it.
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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/GNUtoMS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/GNUtoMS.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf34da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/GNUtoMS.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +GNUtoMS +------- + +Convert GNU import library (.dll.a) to MS format (.lib). + +When linking a shared library or executable that exports symbols using +GNU tools on Windows (MinGW/MSYS) with Visual Studio installed convert +the import library (.dll.a) from GNU to MS format (.lib). Both import +libraries will be installed by install(TARGETS) and exported by +install(EXPORT) and export() to be linked by applications with either +GNU- or MS-compatible tools. + +If the variable CMAKE_GNUtoMS is set when a target is created its +value is used to initialize this property. The variable must be set +prior to the first command that enables a language such as project() +or enable_language(). CMake provides the variable as an option to the +user automatically when configuring on Windows with GNU tools. |