summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Help
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-08-25 14:30:54 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2020-08-25 14:31:02 (GMT)
commitea67dbc4cd3cf4d8c02ba4099b4e9600ef93b708 (patch)
tree2d4de816b5081471441b6411a069e1d41bae6443 /Help
parent0b0dc86eab8bbb2b6e1343a89eb4d147714aea19 (diff)
parent27a912193bfe77e400784b152b1cd67003915c37 (diff)
downloadCMake-ea67dbc4cd3cf4d8c02ba4099b4e9600ef93b708.zip
CMake-ea67dbc4cd3cf4d8c02ba4099b4e9600ef93b708.tar.gz
CMake-ea67dbc4cd3cf4d8c02ba4099b4e9600ef93b708.tar.bz2
Merge topic 'file_generate_target'
27a912193b file(GENERATE): Add TARGET argument Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !5131
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
-rw-r--r--Help/command/file.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/file-generate-target.rst5
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst
index 2cf938b..953172b 100644
--- a/Help/command/file.rst
+++ b/Help/command/file.rst
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ modified.
file(GENERATE OUTPUT output-file
<INPUT input-file|CONTENT content>
- [CONDITION expression])
+ [CONDITION expression] [TARGET target])
Generate an output file for each build configuration supported by the current
:manual:`CMake Generator <cmake-generators(7)>`. Evaluate
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ from the input content to produce the output content. The options are:
with respect to the value of :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR`.
See policy :policy:`CMP0070`.
+``TARGET <target>``
+ Specify target which to use when evaluating generator expressions. Enables
+ use of generator expressions requiring a target.
+
Exactly one ``CONTENT`` or ``INPUT`` option must be given. A specific
``OUTPUT`` file may be named by at most one invocation of ``file(GENERATE)``.
Generated files are modified and their timestamp updated on subsequent cmake
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/file-generate-target.rst b/Help/release/dev/file-generate-target.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09fb460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/file-generate-target.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+file-generate-target
+--------------------
+
+* The :command:`file(GENERATE)` command gained a new ``TARGET`` keyword to
+ support resolving target-dependent generator expressions.