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Clarify CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE documentation (#11724) 

This variable was introduced to help authors override CMake's default
platform information before any of it is cached.  State this clearly in
the documentation.  Explicitly discourage use for other purposes.
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Brad King 2011-01-20 07:35:00 -05:00
parent a146e03422
commit a5300f1d45
1 changed files with 27 additions and 14 deletions
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@ -625,13 +625,29 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
"Specify a file that can change the build rule variables.",
"If this variable is set, it should to point to a "
"CMakeLists.txt file that will be read in by CMake "
"after all the system settings have been set, but "
"before they have been used. This would allow you "
"to override any variables that need to be changed "
"for some special project. ",false,
"Specify a CMake file that overrides platform information.",
"CMake loads the specified file while enabling support for each "
"language from either the project() or enable_language() commands. "
"It is loaded after CMake's builtin compiler and platform information "
"modules have been loaded but before the information is used. "
"The file may set platform information variables to override CMake's "
"defaults."
"\n"
"This feature is intended for use only in overriding information "
"variables that must be set before CMake builds its first test "
"project to check that the compiler for a language works. "
"It should not be used to load a file in cases that a normal include() "
"will work. "
"Use it only as a last resort for behavior that cannot be achieved "
"any other way. "
"For example, one may set CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT to change the default "
"value used to initialize CMAKE_C_FLAGS before it is cached. "
"The override file should NOT be used to set anything that could "
"be set after languages are enabled, such as variables like "
"CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY that affect the placement of binaries. "
"Information set in the file will be used for try_compile and try_run "
"builds too."
,false,
"Variables That Change Behavior");
cm->DefineProperty
@ -1059,13 +1075,10 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
cm->DefineProperty
("CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_<LANG>", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
"Specify a file that can change the build rule variables.",
"If this variable is set, it should to point to a "
"CMakeLists.txt file that will be read in by CMake "
"after all the system settings have been set, but "
"before they have been used. This would allow you "
"to override any variables that need to be changed "
"for some language. ",false,
"Specify a CMake file that overrides platform information for <LANG>.",
"This is a language-specific version of "
"CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE loaded only when enabling "
"language <LANG>.",false,
"Variables for Languages");
cm->DefineProperty