Clarify IMPORTED_ target property documentation

These properties are meant to be set to tell CMake something, not read
to get information from CMake.
This commit is contained in:
Brad King 2012-01-25 16:17:43 -05:00
parent 731f996ce0
commit 7d20619fbe
1 changed files with 29 additions and 37 deletions

View File

@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Configurations provided for an IMPORTED target.",
"Lists configuration names available for an IMPORTED target. "
"Set this to the list of configuration names available for an "
"IMPORTED target. "
"The names correspond to configurations defined in the project from "
"which the target is imported. "
"If the importing project uses a different set of configurations "
@ -334,14 +335,12 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_IMPLIB", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Full path to the import library for an IMPORTED target.",
"Specifies the location of the \".lib\" part of a windows DLL. "
"Set this to the location of the \".lib\" part of a windows DLL. "
"Ignored for non-imported targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_IMPLIB_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_IMPLIB property.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_IMPLIB property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@ -351,8 +350,10 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"Shared libraries may be linked to other shared libraries as part "
"of their implementation. On some platforms the linker searches "
"for the dependent libraries of shared libraries they are including "
"in the link. This property lists "
"the dependent shared libraries of an imported library. The list "
"in the link. "
"Set this property to the list of dependent shared libraries of an "
"imported library. "
"The list "
"should be disjoint from the list of interface libraries in the "
"IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property. On platforms requiring "
"dependent shared libraries to be found at link time CMake uses this "
@ -361,9 +362,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@ -372,8 +371,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Transitive link interface of an IMPORTED target.",
"Lists libraries whose interface is included when an IMPORTED library "
"target is linked to another target. "
"Set this to the list of libraries whose interface is included when "
"an IMPORTED library target is linked to another target. "
"The libraries will be included on the link line for the target. "
"Unlike the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property, this property applies "
"to all imported target types, including STATIC libraries. "
@ -381,9 +380,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@ -392,8 +389,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Languages compiled into an IMPORTED static library.",
"Lists languages of soure files compiled to produce a STATIC IMPORTED "
"library (such as \"C\" or \"CXX\"). "
"Set this to the list of languages of source files compiled to "
"produce a STATIC IMPORTED library (such as \"C\" or \"CXX\"). "
"CMake accounts for these languages when computing how to link a "
"target to the imported library. "
"For example, when a C executable links to an imported C++ static "
@ -405,9 +402,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported. "
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
@ -419,16 +414,14 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"This is LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY for IMPORTED targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration repetition count for cycles of IMPORTED archives.",
"This is the configuration-specific version of "
"IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY.",
"If set, this property completely overrides the generic property "
"for the named configuration.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LOCATION", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Full path to the main file on disk for an IMPORTED target.",
"Specifies the location of an IMPORTED target file on disk. "
"Set this to the location of an IMPORTED target file on disk. "
"For executables this is the location of the executable file. "
"For bundles on OS X this is the location of the executable file "
"inside Contents/MacOS under the application bundle folder. "
@ -440,28 +433,29 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
"symlink just inside the framework folder. "
"For DLLs this is the location of the \".dll\" part of the library. "
"For UNKNOWN libraries this is the location of the file to be linked. "
"Ignored for non-imported targets.");
"Ignored for non-imported targets."
"\n"
"Projects may skip IMPORTED_LOCATION if the configuration-specific "
"property IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG> is set. "
"To get the location of an imported target read one of the "
"LOCATION or LOCATION_<CONFIG> properties.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_LOCATION property.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_LOCATION property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_SONAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
"The \"soname\" of an IMPORTED target of shared library type.",
"Specifies the \"soname\" embedded in an imported shared library. "
"Set this to the \"soname\" embedded in an imported shared library. "
"This is meaningful only on platforms supporting the feature. "
"Ignored for non-imported targets.");
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_SONAME_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_SONAME property.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_SONAME property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@ -477,9 +471,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("IMPORTED_NO_SONAME_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Per-configuration version of IMPORTED_NO_SONAME property.",
"This property is used when loading settings for the <CONFIG> "
"configuration of an imported target. "
"<CONFIG>-specific version of IMPORTED_NO_SONAME property.",
"Configuration names correspond to those provided by the project "
"from which the target is imported.");
@ -685,8 +677,8 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG>", cmProperty::TARGET,
"Map from project configuration to IMPORTED target's configuration.",
"List configurations of an imported target that may be used for "
"the current project's <CONFIG> configuration. "
"Set this to the list of configurations of an imported target that "
"may be used for the current project's <CONFIG> configuration. "
"Targets imported from another project may not provide the same set "
"of configuration names available in the current project. "
"Setting this property tells CMake what imported configurations are "