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-rw-r--r--Help/command/add_custom_command.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/command/install.rst16
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst42
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst1
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst3
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_gbl/DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS.rst7
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst21
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.rst3
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/LINK_FLAGS.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/CheckIncludeFile-required-libs.rst11
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/autogen-parallel.rst10
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/extend-compile-language-genex.rst15
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/iphone-deployment-target.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst10
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT.rst10
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT.rst9
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT.rst8
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT.rst9
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT.rst9
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT.rst9
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst6
33 files changed, 172 insertions, 101 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
index 1b0aa14..d4f644a 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ The options are:
Specify the primary input source file to the command. This is
treated just like any value given to the ``DEPENDS`` option
but also suggests to Visual Studio generators where to hang
- the custom command. At most one custom command may specify a
- given source file as its main dependency.
+ the custom command. Each source file may have at most one command
+ specifying it as its main dependency. A compile command (i.e. for a
+ library or an executable) counts as an implicit main dependency which
+ gets silently overwritten by a custom command specification.
``OUTPUT``
Specify the output files the command is expected to produce.
diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst
index f43b2a0..2506f98 100644
--- a/Help/command/install.rst
+++ b/Help/command/install.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,21 @@ signatures that specify them. The common options are:
``CONFIGURATIONS``
Specify a list of build configurations for which the install rule
- applies (Debug, Release, etc.).
+ applies (Debug, Release, etc.). Note that the values specified for
+ this option only apply to options listed AFTER the ``CONFIGURATIONS``
+ option. For example, to set separate install paths for the Debug and
+ Release configurations, do the following:
+
+ .. code-block:: cmake
+
+ install(TARGETS target
+ CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+ RUNTIME DESTINATION Debug/bin)
+ install(TARGETS target
+ CONFIGURATIONS Release
+ RUNTIME DESTINATION Release/bin)
+
+ Note that ``CONFIGURATIONS`` appears BEFORE ``RUNTIME DESTINATION``.
``COMPONENT``
Specify an installation component name with which the install rule
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
index dc5621a..0f6d4cf 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
@@ -97,21 +97,35 @@ Available logical expressions are:
compile features and a list of supported compilers.
``$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:lang>``
``1`` when the language used for compilation unit matches ``lang``,
- otherwise ``0``. This expression may be used to specify compile options for
- source files of a particular language in a target. For example, to specify
- the use of the ``-fno-exceptions`` compile option (compiler id checks
- elided):
+ otherwise ``0``. This expression may be used to specify compile options,
+ compile definitions, and include directories for source files of a
+ particular language in a target. For example:
.. code-block:: cmake
- add_executable(myapp main.cpp foo.c bar.cpp)
+ add_executable(myapp main.cpp foo.c bar.cpp zot.cu)
target_compile_options(myapp
PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-fno-exceptions>
)
+ target_compile_definitions(myapp
+ PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:COMPILING_CXX>
+ $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:COMPILING_CUDA>
+ )
+ target_include_directories(myapp
+ PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/opt/foo/cxx_headers>
+ )
+
+ This specifies the use of the ``-fno-exceptions`` compile option,
+ ``COMPILING_CXX`` compile definition, and ``cxx_headers`` include
+ directory for C++ only (compiler id checks elided). It also specifies
+ a ``COMPILING_CUDA`` compile definition for CUDA.
- Note that with :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` there is no way to represent
+ Note that with :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` and :generator:`Xcode` there
+ is no way to represent target-wide compile definitions or include directories
+ separately for ``C`` and ``CXX`` languages.
+ Also, with :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` there is no way to represent
target-wide flags separately for ``C`` and ``CXX`` languages. Under these
- generators, target-wide flags for both C and C++ sources will be evaluated
+ generators, expressions for both C and C++ sources will be evaluated
using ``CXX`` if there are any C++ sources and otherwise using ``C``.
A workaround is to create separate libraries for each source file language
instead:
@@ -124,20 +138,6 @@ Available logical expressions are:
add_executable(myapp main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(myapp myapp_c myapp_cxx)
- The ``Makefile`` and ``Ninja`` based generators can also use this
- expression to specify compile-language specific compile definitions
- and include directories:
-
- .. code-block:: cmake
-
- add_executable(myapp main.cpp foo.c bar.cpp)
- target_compile_definitions(myapp
- PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:COMPILING_CXX>
- )
- target_include_directories(myapp
- PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/opt/foo/cxx_headers>
- )
-
Informational Expressions
=========================
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
index 2c63c4b..88b39d4 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Properties on Targets
/prop_tgt/ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_NAME_CONFIG
/prop_tgt/ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_NAME
/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR
+ /prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_PARALLEL
/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS
/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES
/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst
index cafeae1..e5c593f 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ following targets by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC` variable. The
options to pass to ``moc``. The :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS`
variable may be populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.
-Additional macro names to search for can be added to :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
+Additional macro names to search for can be added to
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
Additional ``moc`` dependency file names can be extracted from source code
by using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS`.
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
index 735b93b..c18d8da 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ Variables that Control the Build
/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE
/variable/CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG
+ /variable/CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS
@@ -414,6 +415,8 @@ Variables for Languages
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS
+ /variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG
+ /variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT
@@ -423,6 +426,7 @@ Variables for Languages
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT
+ /variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE
diff --git a/Help/prop_gbl/DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS.rst b/Help/prop_gbl/DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS.rst
index 690143f..fec6fda 100644
--- a/Help/prop_gbl/DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_gbl/DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS.rst
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ DEBUG_CONFIGURATIONS
Specify which configurations are for debugging.
The value must be a semi-colon separated list of configuration names.
-Currently this property is used only by the target_link_libraries
-command (see its documentation for details). Additional uses may be
-defined in the future.
+Currently this property is used only by the :command:`target_link_libraries`
+command. Additional uses may be defined in the future.
This property must be set at the top level of the project and before
-the first target_link_libraries command invocation. If any entry in
+the first :command:`target_link_libraries` command invocation. If any entry in
the list does not match a valid configuration for the project the
behavior is undefined.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07fbc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+AUTOGEN_PARALLEL
+----------------
+
+Number of parallel ``moc`` or ``uic`` processes to start when using
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` and :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`.
+
+The custom `<origin>_autogen` target starts a number of threads of which
+each one parses a source file and on demand starts a ``moc`` or ``uic``
+process. :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` controls how many parallel threads
+(and therefore ``moc`` or ``uic`` processes) are started.
+
+- An empty (or unset) value or the string ``AUTO`` sets the number of
+ threads/processes to the number of physical CPUs on the host system.
+- A positive non zero integer value sets the exact thread/process count.
+- Otherwise a single thread/process is started.
+
+By default :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` is initialized from
+:variable:`CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL`.
+
+See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake
+with Qt.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst
index 9e5261f..3bd693a 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ automoc targets together in an IDE, e.g. in MSVS.
The global property :prop_gbl:`AUTOGEN_SOURCE_GROUP` can be used to group
files generated by :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` together in an IDE, e.g. in MSVS.
-Additional macro names to search for can be added to :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
+Additional macro names to search for can be added to
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
Additional ``moc`` dependency file names can be extracted from source code
by using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS`.
@@ -82,5 +83,8 @@ which is controlled by :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES`.
Source C++ files can be excluded from :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` processing by
enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOMOC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`.
+The number of parallel ``moc`` processes to start can be modified by
+setting :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL`.
+
See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake
with Qt.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.rst
index 1791384..4fc603f 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.rst
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ autouic targets together in an IDE, e.g. in MSVS.
Source files can be excluded from :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` processing by
enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOUIC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`.
+The number of parallel ``uic`` processes to start can be modified by
+setting :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL`.
+
See the :manual:`cmake-qt(7)` manual for more information on using CMake
with Qt.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_FLAGS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_FLAGS.rst
index 409d00a..b09e7c1 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_FLAGS.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_FLAGS.rst
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ LINK_FLAGS
Additional flags to use when linking this target.
The LINK_FLAGS property can be used to add extra flags to the link
-step of a target. LINK_FLAGS_<CONFIG> will add to the configuration
-<CONFIG>, for example, DEBUG, RELEASE, MINSIZEREL, RELWITHDEBINFO.
+step of a target. :prop_tgt:`LINK_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` will add to the
+configuration ``<CONFIG>``, for example, ``DEBUG``, ``RELEASE``,
+``MINSIZEREL``, ``RELWITHDEBINFO``, ...
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/CheckIncludeFile-required-libs.rst b/Help/release/dev/CheckIncludeFile-required-libs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c43d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/CheckIncludeFile-required-libs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+CheckIncludeFile-required-libs
+------------------------------
+
+* The :module:`CheckIncludeFile` module ``check_include_file`` macro
+ learned to honor the ``CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES`` variable.
+
+* The :module:`CheckIncludeFileCXX` module ``check_include_file_cxx`` macro
+ learned to honor the ``CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES`` variable.
+
+* The :module:`CheckIncludeFiles` module ``check_include_files`` macro
+ learned to honor the ``CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES`` variable.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/autogen-parallel.rst b/Help/release/dev/autogen-parallel.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ae9a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/autogen-parallel.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+autogen-parallel
+----------------
+
+* When using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` or :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`, CMake starts multiple
+ parallel ``moc`` or ``uic`` processes to reduce the build time.
+ The new :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` variable and
+ :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` target property allow to modify the number of
+ parallel ``moc`` or ``uic`` processes to start.
+ By default CMake starts a single ``moc`` or ``uic`` process for each physical
+ CPU on the host system.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/extend-compile-language-genex.rst b/Help/release/dev/extend-compile-language-genex.rst
index 0a0a669..7c09376 100644
--- a/Help/release/dev/extend-compile-language-genex.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/extend-compile-language-genex.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
extend-compile-language-genex
-----------------------------
-* The ``COMPILE_LANGUAGE`` :manual:`generator expression
- <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` may now be used with
- :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` in :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS`
- and :command:`file(GENERATE)`.
+* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` learned to support the ``COMPILE_LANGUAGE``
+ :manual:`generator expression <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` in
+ target-wide :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS`,
+ :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`, :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS`, and
+ :command:`file(GENERATE)`.
+
+* The :generator:`Xcode` generator learned to support the ``COMPILE_LANGUAGE``
+ :manual:`generator expression <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` in
+ target-wide :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS` and
+ :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`. It previously supported only
+ :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` and :command:`file(GENERATE)`.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/iphone-deployment-target.rst b/Help/release/dev/iphone-deployment-target.rst
index e586df6..7a20a6d 100644
--- a/Help/release/dev/iphone-deployment-target.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/iphone-deployment-target.rst
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ iphone-deployment-target
set for the target platform selected by :variable:`CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT`.
If for example the sysroot variable specifies an iOS SDK then the
- value in ``CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` is interpreted as minium
+ value in ``CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` is interpreted as minimum
iOS version.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd9499a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL
+----------------------
+
+Number of parallel ``moc`` or ``uic`` processes to start when using
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` and :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`.
+
+This variable is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` property
+on all the targets. See that target property for additional information.
+
+By default :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL` is unset.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
index 2d54d60..2d35635 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Specifies the build type on single-configuration generators.
This statically specifies what build type (configuration) will be
built in this build tree. Possible values are empty, ``Debug``, ``Release``,
-``RelWithDebInfo`` and ``MinSizeRel``. This variable is only meaningful to
+``RelWithDebInfo``, ``MinSizeRel``, ... This variable is only meaningful to
single-configuration generators (such as :ref:`Makefile Generators` and
:generator:`Ninja`) i.e. those which choose a single configuration when CMake
runs to generate a build tree as opposed to multi-configuration generators
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ which offer selection of the build configuration within the generated build
environment. There are many per-config properties and variables
(usually following clean ``SOME_VAR_<CONFIG>`` order conventions), such as
``CMAKE_C_FLAGS_<CONFIG>``, specified as uppercase:
-``CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]``. For example,
+``CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL|...]``. For example,
in a build tree configured to build type ``Debug``, CMake will see to
having :variable:`CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG <CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG>` settings get
added to the :variable:`CMAKE_C_FLAGS <CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS>` settings. See
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dbd036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>
+---------------------------
+
+Flags for language ``<LANG>`` when building for the ``<CONFIG>`` configuration.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb5b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
+--------------------------------
+
+Value used to initialize the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` cache
+entry the first time a build tree is configured for language ``<LANG>``.
+This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
+<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
+the value based on the environment and target platform.
+
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT`.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
index a233d4a..6be424a 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG
------------------------
-Flags for ``Debug`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``Debug``.
+This variable is the ``Debug`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT.rst
index dcddb2e..de7fcfc 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT
-----------------------------
-Value used to initialize the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG` cache
-entry the first time a build tree is configured for language ``<LANG>``.
-This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
-<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
-the value based on the environment and target platform.
-
-See also :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT`.
+This variable is the ``Debug`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT.rst
index 1d32cc3..a88d122 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_INIT.rst
@@ -7,9 +7,5 @@ This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
the value based on the environment and target platform.
-See also the configuration-specific variables:
-
-* :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT`
-* :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT`
-* :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT`
-* :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT`
+See also the configuration-specific
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
index a9436c1..634fab9 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
-----------------------------
-Flags for ``MinSizeRel`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``MinSizeRel``
-(short for minimum size release).
+This variable is the ``MinSizeRel`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT.rst
index c0aedf4..1e7003c 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT
----------------------------------
-Value used to initialize the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL`
-cache entry the first time a build tree is configured for language ``<LANG>``.
-This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
-<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
-the value based on the environment and target platform.
-
-See also :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT`.
+This variable is the ``MinSizeRel`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
index ffc5d79..3baeab0 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELEASE
--------------------------
-Flags for ``Release`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``Release``.
+This variable is the ``Release`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT.rst
index 59f92ff..e7c73fe 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT
-------------------------------
-Value used to initialize the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELEASE`
-cache entry the first time a build tree is configured for language ``<LANG>``.
-This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
-<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
-the value based on the environment and target platform.
-
-See also :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT`.
+This variable is the ``Release`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
index 962768e..67a5073 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
---------------------------------
-Flags for ``RelWithDebInfo`` type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``RelWithDebInfo``
-(short for Release With Debug Information).
+This variable is the ``RelWithDebInfo`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT.rst
index 915f023..3ab3975 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT
--------------------------------------
-Value used to initialize the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO`
-cache entry the first time a build tree is configured for language ``<LANG>``.
-This variable is meant to be set by a :variable:`toolchain file
-<CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE>`. CMake may prepend or append content to
-the value based on the environment and target platform.
-
-See also :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT`.
+This variable is the ``RelWithDebInfo`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ed1c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_<CONFIG>
+--------------------------------------
+
+GHS kernel flags for language ``<LANG>`` when building for the ``<CONFIG>``
+configuration.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
index 1f639a3..4fea67a 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_DEBUG
-----------------------------------
-GHS kernel flags for ``Debug`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``Debug``.
+This variable is the ``Debug`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
index 94e2115..31f87f2 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
----------------------------------------
-GHS kernel flags for ``MinSizeRel`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``MinSizeRel``
-(short for minimum size release).
+This variable is the ``MinSizeRel`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
index 74566ef..1acd198 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELEASE
-------------------------------------
-GHS kernel flags for ``Release`` build type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``Release``.
+This variable is the ``Release`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
index d148193..ac1b6bc 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
--------------------------------------------
-GHS kernel flags for ``RelWithDebInfo`` type or configuration.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used when :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is ``RelWithDebInfo``
-(short for Release With Debug Information).
+This variable is the ``RelWithDebInfo`` variant of the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_GHS_KERNEL_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.