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| author | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2018-10-26 15:55:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2018-10-26 18:43:17 (GMT) |
| commit | 213433858f6962be8709b4e3b9332ce1a103b54b (patch) | |
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Help: Clarify usage of TARGET_PROPERTY generator expression
When using $<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>, the value of prop comes from
the consuming target rather than the current target. Add a note to
clarify this.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst index 0826ce0..bddf827 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst @@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ Available informational expressions are: expression is evaluated on. ``$<TARGET_PROPERTY:prop>`` Value of the property ``prop`` on the target on which the generator - expression is evaluated. + expression is evaluated. Note that for generator expressions in + :ref:`Target Usage Requirements` this is the value of the property + on the consuming target rather than the target specifying the + requirement. ``$<INSTALL_PREFIX>`` Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via :command:`install(EXPORT)` and empty otherwise. |