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| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx index 55d70f8..32c543d 100644 --- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx +++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx @@ -1621,7 +1621,15 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm) "These paths are implicit linker search directories for the compiler's " "language. " "CMake automatically detects these directories for each language and " - "reports the results in this variable.", false, + "reports the results in this variable." + "\n" + "When a library in one of these directories is given by full path to " + "target_link_libraries() CMake will generate the -l<name> form on " + "link lines to ensure the linker searches its implicit directories " + "for the library. " + "Note that some toolchains read implicit directories from an " + "environment variable such as LIBRARY_PATH so keep its value " + "consistent when operating in a given build tree.",false, "Variables for Languages"); cm->DefineProperty |