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diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx index 33b0a6e..4c33014 100644 --- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx +++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx @@ -784,6 +784,24 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm) "This is needed only on very few platforms.", false, "Variables that Control the Build"); cm->DefineProperty + ("CMAKE_LINK_OLD_PATHS", cmProperty::VARIABLE, + "Enable linker search path compatibility mode.", + "This option enables linking compatibility mode for broken projects. " + "There exists code that effectively does\n" + " target_link_libraries(myexe /path/to/libA.so -lB)\n" + "where -lB is meant to link to /path/to/libB.so. This is broken " + "because it specifies -lB without adding \"/path/to\" to the linker " + "search path with the link_directories command. With CMake 2.4 and " + "below the code worked accidentally because \"/path/to\" would be " + "added to the linker search path by its implementation of linking to " + "/path/to/libA.so (which passed -L/path/to -lA to the linker). " + "This option tells CMake to add the directories containing libraries " + "specified with a full path to the linker search path if the link " + "line contains any items like -lB. " + "The behavior is also enabled if CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY is " + "set to 2.4 or lower.", false, + "Variables that Control the Build"); + cm->DefineProperty ("CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS", cmProperty::VARIABLE, "Use relative paths (May not work!).", "If this is set to TRUE, then the CMake will use " |