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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2013-06-05 13:39:27 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2013-06-05 13:39:27 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_FILE'
b62d440 Docs: Clarify CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_FILE (#14194)
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-rw-r--r--Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
index b383265..689508f 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
@@ -345,11 +345,12 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_FILE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
- "Full path to the parent listfile of the one currently being processed.",
- "As CMake processes the listfiles in your project this "
- "variable will always be set to the listfile that included "
- "or somehow invoked the one currently being "
- "processed. See also CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE.",false,
+ "Full path to the CMake file that included the current one.",
+ "While processing a CMake file loaded by include() or find_package() "
+ "this variable contains the full path to the file including it. "
+ "The top of the include stack is always the CMakeLists.txt for the "
+ "current directory. "
+ "See also CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE.",false,
"Variables that Provide Information");
cm->DefineProperty