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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst index 2e6a803..95f5b87 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst @@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ The object files collection can be used as source inputs to other targets: add_executable(test_exe $<TARGET_OBJECTS:archive> test.cpp) -``OBJECT`` libraries may only be used locally as sources in a buildsystem -- -they may not be installed, exported, or used in the right hand side of +``OBJECT`` libraries may not be used in the right hand side of :command:`target_link_libraries`. They also may not be used as the ``TARGET`` -in a use of the :command:`add_custom_command(TARGET)` command signature. +in a use of the :command:`add_custom_command(TARGET)` command signature. They +may be installed, and will be exported as an INTERFACE library. Although object libraries may not be named directly in calls to the :command:`target_link_libraries` command, they can be "linked" @@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ indirectly by using an :ref:`Interface Library <Interface Libraries>` whose :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` target property is set to name ``$<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib>``. +Although object libraries may not be used as the ``TARGET`` +in a use of the :command:`add_custom_command(TARGET)` command signature, +the list of objects can be used by :command:`add_custom_command(OUTPUT)` or +:command:`file(GENERATE)` by using ``$<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib>``. + + Build Specification and Usage Requirements ========================================== diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst index 3eac45f..bddb174 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst @@ -290,9 +290,7 @@ Available output expressions are: Content of ``...`` converted to a C identifier. ``$<TARGET_OBJECTS:objLib>`` List of objects resulting from build of ``objLib``. ``objLib`` must be an - object of type ``OBJECT_LIBRARY``. This expression may only be used in - the sources of :command:`add_library` and :command:`add_executable` - commands. + object of type ``OBJECT_LIBRARY``. ``$<SHELL_PATH:...>`` Content of ``...`` converted to shell path style. For example, slashes are converted to backslashes in Windows shells and drive letters are converted diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst index 27c75dc..31b2389 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ Properties on Targets /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_LOCATION /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_NO_SONAME_CONFIG /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_NO_SONAME + /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_OBJECTS_CONFIG + /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_OBJECTS /prop_tgt/IMPORTED /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_SONAME_CONFIG /prop_tgt/IMPORTED_SONAME |