From 6b9a7938be3278fd18e73794b51e76a5e1dd6e1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:42:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Help: Link to cmake-properties.7 manual from set_target_properties docs Drop the partial documentation of properties from the command documentation and reference the main properties manual instead. Otherwise readers may not realize there are many more properties. --- Help/command/set_target_properties.rst | 97 +------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-) diff --git a/Help/command/set_target_properties.rst b/Help/command/set_target_properties.rst index 2accfb0a6..b894eace3 100644 --- a/Help/command/set_target_properties.rst +++ b/Help/command/set_target_properties.rst @@ -12,98 +12,7 @@ Targets can have properties that affect how they are built. Set properties on a target. The syntax for the command is to list all the files you want to change, and then provide the values you want to set next. You can use any prop value pair you want and extract it -later with the :command:`get_target_property` command. +later with the :command:`get_property` or :command:`get_target_property` +command. -Properties that affect the name of a target's output file are as -follows. The :prop_tgt:`PREFIX` and :prop_tgt:`SUFFIX` properties -override the default target name prefix (such as "lib") and suffix -(such as ".so"). :prop_tgt:`IMPORT_PREFIX` and -:prop_tgt:`IMPORT_SUFFIX` are the equivalent properties for the import -library corresponding to a DLL (for SHARED library targets). -:prop_tgt:`OUTPUT_NAME` sets the real name of a target when it is built -and can be used to help create two targets of the same name even though -CMake requires unique logical target names. There is also a -:prop_tgt:`_OUTPUT_NAME` that can set the output name on a -per-configuration basis. :prop_tgt:`_POSTFIX` sets a postfix for -the real name of the target when it is built under the configuration named -by ```` (in upper-case, such as "DEBUG_POSTFIX"). The value of this -property is initialized when the target is created to the value of the -variable :variable:`CMAKE__POSTFIX` -(except for executable targets because earlier CMake versions which -did not use this variable for executables). - -The :prop_tgt:`LINK_FLAGS` property can be used to add extra flags to the -link step of a target. :prop_tgt:`LINK_FLAGS_` will add to the -configuration ````, for example, ``DEBUG``, ``RELEASE``, -``MINSIZEREL``,``RELWITHDEBINFO``. :prop_tgt:`DEFINE_SYMBOL` sets the name -of the preprocessor symbol defined when compiling sources in a shared -library. If not set here then it is set to target_EXPORTS by default -(with some substitutions if the target is not a valid C identifier). This -is useful for headers to know whether they are being included from inside -their library or outside to properly setup dllexport/dllimport -decorations. The :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_FLAGS` property sets additional -compiler flags used to build sources within the target. It may also be -used to pass additional preprocessor definitions. - -The :prop_tgt:`LINKER_LANGUAGE` property is used to change the tool used -to link an executable or shared library. The default is set the language to -match the files in the library. ``CXX`` and ``C`` are common values for this -property. - -For shared libraries :prop_tgt:`VERSION` and :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION` can be -used to specify the build version and API version respectively. When -building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform -supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. If only one of both is -specified the missing is assumed to have the same version number. For -executables :prop_tgt:`VERSION` can be used to specify the build -version. When building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if -the platform supports symlinks. For shared libraries and executables on -Windows the :prop_tgt:`VERSION` attribute is parsed to extract a -"major.minor" version number. These numbers are used as the image -version of the binary. - -There are a few properties used to specify RPATH rules. -:prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH` is a semicolon-separated list specifying the -rpath to use in installed targets (for platforms that support it). -:prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH` is a boolean that if set to true -will append directories in the linker search path and outside the project -to the :prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH`. :prop_tgt:`SKIP_BUILD_RPATH` is a boolean -specifying whether to skip automatic generation of an rpath allowing the -target to run from the build tree. :prop_tgt:`BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH` is -a boolean specifying whether to link the target in the build tree with the -:prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH`. This takes precedence over -:prop_tgt:`SKIP_BUILD_RPATH` and avoids the need for relinking before -installation. :prop_tgt:`INSTALL_NAME_DIR` is a string specifying the -directory portion of the "install_name" field of shared libraries on -Mac OSX to use in the installed targets. When the target is created -the values of the variables :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH`, -:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH`, -:variable:`CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH`, -:variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH`, and -:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR` are used to initialize these properties. - -:prop_tgt:`PROJECT_LABEL` can be used to change the name of the target in -an IDE like visual studio. :prop_tgt:`VS_KEYWORD` can be set to change -the visual studio keyword, for example Qt integration works better if this -is set to ``Qt4VSv1.0``. - -:prop_tgt:`VS_SCC_PROJECTNAME`, :prop_tgt:`VS_SCC_LOCALPATH`, -:prop_tgt:`VS_SCC_PROVIDER` and :prop_tgt:`VS_SCC_AUXPATH` can be set to -add support for source control bindings in a Visual Studio project file. - -:prop_tgt:`VS_GLOBAL_` can be set to add a Visual Studio -project-specific global variable. Qt integration works better if -``VS_GLOBAL_QtVersion`` is set to the Qt version :module:`FindQt4` -found. For example, "4.7.3" - -The :prop_tgt:`PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT` and :prop_tgt:`POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT` -properties are the old way to specify CMake scripts to run before and -after installing a target. They are used only when the old -:command:`install_targets` command is used to install the target. Use the -:command:`install` command instead. - -The :prop_tgt:`EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD` property is used by the visual -studio generators. If it is set to 1 the target will not be part of the -default build when you select "Build Solution". This can also be set -on a per-configuration basis using -:prop_tgt:`EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD_`. +See :ref:`Target Properties` for the list of properties known to CMake.