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-rw-r--r--Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx4
-rw-r--r--Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx41
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index 25b3216..e1cb0bb 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ int cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(std::vector<std::string> const& argv)
cmakeFlags.push_back(flag);
}
+ /* Put the executable at a known location (for COPY_FILE). */
+ fprintf(fout, "SET(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY \"%s\")\n",
+ this->BinaryDirectory.c_str());
+ /* Create the actual executable. */
fprintf(fout, "ADD_EXECUTABLE(cmTryCompileExec \"%s\")\n",source.c_str());
fprintf(fout,
"TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cmTryCompileExec ${LINK_LIBRARIES})\n");
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
index e9b54d8..6fffecb 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
@@ -696,13 +696,29 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
- "Specify a file that can change the build rule variables.",
- "If this variable is set, it should to point to a "
- "CMakeLists.txt file that will be read in by CMake "
- "after all the system settings have been set, but "
- "before they have been used. This would allow you "
- "to override any variables that need to be changed "
- "for some special project. ",false,
+ "Specify a CMake file that overrides platform information.",
+ "CMake loads the specified file while enabling support for each "
+ "language from either the project() or enable_language() commands. "
+ "It is loaded after CMake's builtin compiler and platform information "
+ "modules have been loaded but before the information is used. "
+ "The file may set platform information variables to override CMake's "
+ "defaults."
+ "\n"
+ "This feature is intended for use only in overriding information "
+ "variables that must be set before CMake builds its first test "
+ "project to check that the compiler for a language works. "
+ "It should not be used to load a file in cases that a normal include() "
+ "will work. "
+ "Use it only as a last resort for behavior that cannot be achieved "
+ "any other way. "
+ "For example, one may set CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT to change the default "
+ "value used to initialize CMAKE_C_FLAGS before it is cached. "
+ "The override file should NOT be used to set anything that could "
+ "be set after languages are enabled, such as variables like "
+ "CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY that affect the placement of binaries. "
+ "Information set in the file will be used for try_compile and try_run "
+ "builds too."
+ ,false,
"Variables That Change Behavior");
cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1138,13 +1154,10 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_<LANG>", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
- "Specify a file that can change the build rule variables.",
- "If this variable is set, it should to point to a "
- "CMakeLists.txt file that will be read in by CMake "
- "after all the system settings have been set, but "
- "before they have been used. This would allow you "
- "to override any variables that need to be changed "
- "for some language. ",false,
+ "Specify a CMake file that overrides platform information for <LANG>.",
+ "This is a language-specific version of "
+ "CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE loaded only when enabling "
+ "language <LANG>.",false,
"Variables for Languages");
cm->DefineProperty