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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst index a0bd830..e9e04be 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst @@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ 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. -When a library in one of these directories is given by full path to -:command:`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. +Some toolchains read implicit directories from an environment variable such as +``LIBRARY_PATH``. If using such an environment variable, keep its value +consistent when operating in a given build tree because CMake saves the value +detected when first creating a build tree. + +If policy :policy:`CMP0060` is not set to ``NEW``, then when a library in one +of these directories is given by full path to :command:`target_link_libraries` +CMake will generate the ``-l<name>`` form on link lines for historical +purposes. |