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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake.1.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/cache-newline.rst7
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING.rst26
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN.rst2
5 files changed, 32 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index ff8c6c7..c2e6435 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Available commands are:
``paxr`` (restricted pax, default), and ``zip``.
``time <command> [<args>...]``
- Run command and return elapsed time.
+ Run command and display elapsed time.
``touch <file>``
Touch a file.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cache-newline.rst b/Help/release/dev/cache-newline.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96900bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/cache-newline.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cache-newline
+-------------
+
+* Variables containing newlines in their values now get truncated before the
+ newline when they are written to the cache file. In addition, a warning
+ comment is written to the cache file, and a warning message is displayed to
+ the user on the console.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst
index 5b79c40..2c8997b 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ information.
The default value is ``Q_OBJECT;Q_GADGET;Q_NAMESPACE``.
Example
--------
+^^^^^^^
Let CMake know that source files that contain ``CUSTOM_MACRO`` must be ``moc``
processed as well::
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING.rst
index cf9865b..9e96769 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING
--------------------
-Is CMake currently cross compiling.
+Intended to indicate whether CMake is cross compiling, but note limitations
+discussed below.
-This variable will be set to true by CMake if CMake is cross
-compiling. Specifically if the build platform is different from the
-target platform.
+This variable will be set to true by CMake if the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME`
+variable has been set manually (i.e. in a toolchain file or as a cache entry
+from the :manual:`cmake <cmake(1)>` command line). In most cases, manually
+setting :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME` will only be done when cross compiling,
+since it will otherwise be given the same value as
+:variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME` if not manually set, which is correct for
+the non-cross-compiling case. In the event that :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME`
+is manually set to the same value as :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME`, then
+``CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING`` will still be set to true.
+
+Another case to be aware of is that builds targeting Apple platforms other than
+macOS are handled differently to other cross compiling scenarios. Rather than
+relying on :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME` to select the target platform, Apple
+device builds use :variable:`CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT` to select the appropriate SDK,
+which indirectly determines the target platform. Furthermore, when using the
+Xcode generator, developers can switch between device and simulator builds at
+build time rather than having a single choice at configure time, so the concept
+of whether the build is cross compiling or not is more complex. Therefore, the
+use of ``CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING`` is not recommended for projects targeting Apple
+devices.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN.rst
index 5be935b..cbe3544 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The external toolchain for cross-compiling, if supported.
Some compiler toolchains do not ship their own auxiliary utilities such as
archivers and linkers. The compiler driver may support a command-line argument
to specify the location of such tools.
-``CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN`` may be set to a path to a path to
+``CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN`` may be set to a path to
the external toolchain and will be passed to the compiler driver if supported.
This variable may only be set in a toolchain file specified by