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diff --git a/Help/command/set.rst b/Help/command/set.rst index 9f2bf72..d04b880 100644 --- a/Help/command/set.rst +++ b/Help/command/set.rst @@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ Furthermore, any normal variable binding in the current scope will be removed to expose the newly cached value to any immediately following evaluation. +It is possible for the cache entry to exist prior to the call but +have no type set if it was created on the :manual:`cmake(1)` command +line by a user through the ``-D<var>=<value>`` option without +specifying a type. In this case the ``set`` command will add the +type. Furthermore, if the ``<type>`` is ``PATH`` or ``FILEPATH`` +and the ``<value>`` provided on the command line is a relative path, +then the ``set`` command will treat the path as relative to the +current working directory and convert it to an absolute path. + Set Environment Variable ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |