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Docs: Update description of CMAKE_(BUILD_TYPE|CONFIGURATION_TYPES) 

Bring woefully outdated descriptions somewhat up to speed.
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Andreas Mohr 2013-05-04 16:02:21 +02:00 committed by Brad King
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@ -577,26 +577,37 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
"Specifies the available build types.",
"This specifies what build types will be available such as "
"Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. This has reasonable defaults "
"on most platforms. But can be extended to provide other "
"build types. See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.",
false,
"Specifies the available build types on multi-config generators.",
"This specifies what build types (configurations) will be available "
"such as Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. "
"This has reasonable defaults on most platforms, "
"but can be extended to provide other build types. "
"See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for details of managing configuration data, "
"and CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR."
,false,
"Variables That Change Behavior");
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
"Specifies the build type for make based generators.",
"This specifies what build type will be built in this tree. "
" Possible values are empty, Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo"
" and MinSizeRel. This variable is only supported for "
"make based generators. If this variable is supported, "
"then CMake will also provide initial values for the "
"variables with the name "
" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]."
" For example, if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is Debug, then "
"CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG will be added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS.",false,
"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 single-configuration generators "
"(such as make and Ninja) i.e. "
"those which choose a single configuration "
"when CMake runs to generate a build tree as opposed to "
"multi-configuration generators 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, in a build tree configured "
"to build type Debug, CMake will see to having "
"CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG settings get added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS settings. "
"See also CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES."
,false,
"Variables That Change Behavior");
cm->DefineProperty