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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst11
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/genex-TARGET_EXISTS.rst6
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
index 3516d48..50c4087 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
@@ -840,12 +840,11 @@ Imported Targets
An :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target represents a pre-existing dependency. Usually
such targets are defined by an upstream package and should be treated as
-immutable. It is not possible to use an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target in the
-left-hand-side of the :command:`target_compile_definitions`,
-:command:`target_include_directories`, :command:`target_compile_options` or
-:command:`target_link_libraries` commands, as that would be an attempt to
-modify it. :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets are designed to be used only in the
-right-hand-side of those commands.
+immutable. After declaring an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target one can adjust its
+target properties by using the customary commands such as
+:command:`target_compile_definitions`, :command:`target_include_directories`,
+:command:`target_compile_options` or :command:`target_link_libraries` just like
+with any other regular target.
:prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets may have the same usage requirement properties
populated as binary targets, such as
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
index 04cb1dc..d3514ab 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Available logical expressions are:
``1`` if ``a`` is EQUAL ``b`` in a numeric comparison, else ``0``
``$<IN_LIST:a,b>``
``1`` if ``a`` is IN_LIST ``b``, else ``0``
+``$<TARGET_EXISTS:tgt>``
+ ``1`` if ``tgt`` is an existed target name, else ``0``.
``$<CONFIG:cfg>``
``1`` if config is ``cfg``, else ``0``. This is a case-insensitive comparison.
The mapping in :prop_tgt:`MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG>` is also considered by
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/genex-TARGET_EXISTS.rst b/Help/release/dev/genex-TARGET_EXISTS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f305522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/genex-TARGET_EXISTS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+genex-TARGET_EXISTS
+-------------------
+
+* A new ``$<TARGET_EXISTS:...>``
+ :manual:`generator expression <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`
+ has been added.