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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN.rst index 511de7a..3378797 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN.rst @@ -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` |