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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-08-17 14:25:04 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2015-08-17 14:25:04 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'propagate-link-search-to-try_compile'
7f0b83e0 try_compile: Update documentation for other propagated variables fb77c2c5 try_compile: Propogate the CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_ variables
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-rw-r--r--Help/command/try_compile.rst11
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst9
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/try_compile.rst b/Help/command/try_compile.rst
index 9a70885..1ed24df 100644
--- a/Help/command/try_compile.rst
+++ b/Help/command/try_compile.rst
@@ -96,5 +96,16 @@ the try_compile call of interest, and then re-run cmake again with
Other Behavior Settings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+If set, the following variables are passed in to the generated
+try_compile CMakeLists.txt to initialize compile target properties with
+default values:
+
+* :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC`
+* :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC`
+* :variable:`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`
+
+If :policy:`CMP0056` is set to ``NEW``, then
+:variable:`CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS` is passed in as well.
+
Set the :variable:`CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION` variable to choose
a build configuration.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.rst
index 8a9951d..673f5d8 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ back to its starting type. This property switches the final linker
search type to -Bstatic regardless of how it started.
This variable is used to initialize the target property
-LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC for all targets.
+:prop_tgt:`LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC` for all targets. If set, it's
+value is also used by the :command:`try_compile` command.
-See also CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC`.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst
index 715db4b..223702c 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ when linking an executable statically (e.g. with the GNU -static
option).
This variable is used to initialize the target property
-LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC for all targets.
+:prop_tgt:`LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC` for all targets. If set, it's
+value is also used by the :command:`try_compile` command.
-See also CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC.
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC`.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
index 5e71665..43b1397 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
-------------------------------
-Default value for POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE of targets.
+Default value for :prop_tgt:`POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` of targets.
-This variable is used to initialize the POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
-property on all the targets. See that target property for additional
-information.
+This variable is used to initialize the
+:prop_tgt:`POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` property on all the targets.
+See that target property for additional information. If set, it's
+value is also used by the :command:`try_compile` command.