From 017d90c50099540b2bc71b63d646271aa0968d36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:23 -0500 Subject: Documentation: Clarify handling of implicit link directories Extend documentation for CMAKE__IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES to explain how it is used by CMake and how it can be influenced by environment variables. Inspired-by: Alex Neundorf --- Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx index 55d70f8..32c543d 100644 --- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx +++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx @@ -1621,7 +1621,15 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm) "These paths are implicit linker search directories for the compiler's " "language. " "CMake automatically detects these directories for each language and " - "reports the results in this variable.", false, + "reports the results in this variable." + "\n" + "When a library in one of these directories is given by full path to " + "target_link_libraries() CMake will generate the -l form on " + "link lines to ensure the linker searches its implicit directories " + "for the library. " + "Note that some toolchains read implicit directories from an " + "environment variable such as LIBRARY_PATH so keep its value " + "consistent when operating in a given build tree.",false, "Variables for Languages"); cm->DefineProperty -- cgit v0.12