Add generator expression support to PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY target property

Fixes: #16365

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index 799ae95..0c99ed4 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -4612,13 +4612,24 @@ bool cmGeneratorTarget::ComputePDBOutputDir(const std::string& kind,
   // Select an output directory.
   if (const char* config_outdir = this->GetProperty(configProp)) {
     // Use the user-specified per-configuration output directory.
-    out = config_outdir;
+    cmGeneratorExpression ge;
+    std::unique_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge =
+      ge.Parse(config_outdir);
+    out = cge->Evaluate(this->LocalGenerator, config);
 
     // Skip per-configuration subdirectory.
     conf.clear();
   } else if (const char* outdir = this->GetProperty(propertyName)) {
     // Use the user-specified output directory.
-    out = outdir;
+    cmGeneratorExpression ge;
+    std::unique_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge = ge.Parse(outdir);
+    out = cge->Evaluate(this->LocalGenerator, config);
+
+    // Skip per-configuration subdirectory if the value contained a
+    // generator expression.
+    if (out != outdir) {
+      conf.clear();
+    }
   }
   if (out.empty()) {
     return false;