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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2019-02-26 11:43:46 (GMT)
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Help: Fix minor inaccuracies of what BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN affects
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@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ This property is initialized by the value of the variable
On platforms that support runtime paths (``RPATH``) with the
``$ORIGIN`` token, setting this property to ``TRUE`` enables relative
-paths in the build ``RPATH`` for executables that point to shared
-libraries in the same build tree.
+paths in the build ``RPATH`` for executables and shared libraries that
+point to shared libraries in the same build tree.
-Normally the build ``RPATH`` of an executable contains absolute paths
-to the directory of shared libraries. Directories contained within the
-build tree can be made relative to enable relocatable builds and to
-help achieving reproducible builds by omitting the build directory
-from the build environment.
+Normally the build ``RPATH`` of a binary contains absolute paths
+to the directory of each shared library it links to. The ``RPATH``
+entries for directories contained within the build tree can be made
+relative to enable relocatable builds and to help achieve reproducible
+builds by omitting the build directory from the build environment.
This property has no effect on platforms that do not support the
``$ORIGIN`` token in ``RPATH``, or when the :variable:`CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH`