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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst index 2e0f9bd..83cf231 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC.rst @@ -3,17 +3,18 @@ LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC Assume the linker looks for static libraries by default. -Some linkers support switches such as -Bstatic and -Bdynamic to -determine whether to use static or shared libraries for -lXXX options. +Some linkers support switches such as ``-Bstatic`` and ``-Bdynamic`` to +determine whether to use static or shared libraries for ``-lXXX`` options. CMake uses these options to set the link type for libraries whose full paths are not known or (in some cases) are in implicit link directories for the platform. By default the linker search type is -assumed to be -Bdynamic at the beginning of the library list. This -property switches the assumption to -Bstatic. It is intended for use -when linking an executable statically (e.g. with the GNU -static +assumed to be ``-Bdynamic`` at the beginning of the library list. This +property switches the assumption to ``-Bstatic``. It is intended for use +when linking an executable statically (e.g. with the GNU ``-static`` option). This property is initialized by the value of the variable -CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC if it is set when a target is created. + :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC` if it is set + when a target is created. -See also LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC. +See also :prop_tgt:`LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC`. |