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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2019-10-15 15:16:55 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2019-10-15 15:17:03 (GMT) |
| commit | cdc8d75c495b4a7c8151b0aca1f6ceb515d9135e (patch) | |
| tree | 272cc3f48aebaee1b675a51c3e462f5283183b8a /Help/variable | |
| parent | dc164bccc1a5c3e3e20b8c4c1ee655e9d83d5779 (diff) | |
| parent | fb16e0e7c05c9c227f6fb2a6ec5dbcae95b12880 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'doc-static-lib-flags'
fb16e0e7c0 Help: Clarify documentation of CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !3919
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/variable')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst | 12 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS.rst index 9c38673..1a810ce 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS.rst @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS ------------------------- -Linker flags to be used to create static libraries. +Flags to be used to create static libraries. These flags will be passed +to the archiver when creating a static library. -These flags will be used by the linker when creating a static library. +See also :variable:`CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>`. + +.. note:: + Static libraries do not actually link. They are essentially archives + of object files. The use of the name "linker" in the name of this + variable is kept for compatibility. diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst index b9f8003..e561dc6 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG> ---------------------------------- -Flags to be used when linking a static library. +Flags to be used to create static libraries. These flags will be passed +to the archiver when creating a static library in the ``<CONFIG>`` +configuration. -Same as ``CMAKE_C_FLAGS_*`` but used by the linker when creating static -libraries. +See also :variable:`CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS`. + +.. note:: + Static libraries do not actually link. They are essentially archives + of object files. The use of the name "linker" in the name of this + variable is kept for compatibility. |