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-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst10
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG.rst3
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/PDBDirectoryGenExpression.rst5
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst
index 730cf57..2f667f3 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ Output directory for the MS debug symbols ``.pdb`` file
generated by the linker for an executable or shared library target.
This property specifies the directory into which the MS debug symbols
-will be placed by the linker. This property is initialized by the
-value of the :variable:`CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` variable if it is
+will be placed by the linker. The property value may use
+:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
+Multi-configuration generators append a per-configuration
+subdirectory to the specified directory unless a generator expression
+is used.
+
+This property is initialized by the value of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` variable if it is
set when a target is created.
.. |COMPILE_PDB_XXX| replace:: :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY`
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG.rst
index 6037fa0..77fda90 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG.rst
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ property is initialized by the value of the
:variable:`CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_<CONFIG>` variable if it is
set when a target is created.
+Contents of ``PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_<CONFIG>`` may use
+:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
+
.. |COMPILE_PDB_XXX| replace:: :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_<CONFIG>`
.. include:: PDB_NOTE.txt
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/PDBDirectoryGenExpression.rst b/Help/release/dev/PDBDirectoryGenExpression.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b93a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/PDBDirectoryGenExpression.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PDBDirectoryGenExpression
+-------------------------
+
+* The :prop_tgt:`PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` property learned to support
+ :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.