Merge topic 'doc-implicit-link-dirs'

017d90c Documentation: Clarify handling of implicit link directories
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David Cole 2012-12-18 13:55:48 -05:00 committed by CMake Topic Stage
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@ -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<name> 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