When we explain in add_definitions documentation that it is intended
only for preprocessor definitions, link to add_compile_options for
adding other flags. Also explicitly mention that the order of
add_definitions calls with respect to target creation does not matter.
This differs from the behavior now explicitly stated in the
documentation of add_compile_options.
Explain that it affects only targets added after the call. Fix the link
to the COMPILE_OPTIONS directory propert documentation. Update the
latter to explain that it is used to initialize the corresponding target
property when a target is created.
858d5a0b Fix if() checks of CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME on Cygwin
e177e7af FPHSA: Avoid if() dereferencing of quoted variable
425acc52 cmcurl: Use if(DEFINED) to simplify conditions
cede5cbd libarchive: Avoid depending on if() to dereference a quoted variable
2d97178b FindGTK2: Avoid depending on if() to dereference a quoted variable
0b12815d Modules/Test*.cmake: Use if(DEFINED) to simplify conditions
188a1f23 If: Introduce policy CMP0054 - don't dereference quoted variables in if()
b900c1cc If: Extract cmConditionEvaluator from if() implementation
Explain that try_compile calls need to be protected with conditions to
avoid running more than once so that it is easy to isolate a single
try_compile to perform with --debug-trycompile.
5bf1c5cc Help: Document add_custom_command PRE_BUILD/PRE_LINK for exe/lib only (#15059)
2a58c872 Help: Revise and format 'add_custom_command' docs
cb88742d Help: Remove stray content from 'add_custom_command' docs
State explicitly that the PRE_LINK mode is not for targets created by
the add_custom_target command. The existing wording for PRE_BUILD being
treated as PRE_LINK by non-VS generators will now imply this restriction
for PRE_BUILD too.
Format the reStructuredText markup manually. Organize the command
options into a definition list. Use inline markup to cross-reference
related documents.
Loosen this restriction on OBJECT libraries to allow source files of any
name to be generated by custom commands or listed for reference in IDE
projects so long as they would not affect linking of a normal library.
Update the rejection message to be more specific about the looser
restriction.
Extend the ObjectLibrary test to cover a ".cmake" file generated by a
custom command in an OBJECT library.
Installing large directories, e.g., the output of a doxygen run, prints
one line per file resulting in too much noise in the build output. Add
an option to the install(DIRECTORY) command to not print anything upon
make install.
Extend the RunCMake.install test with cases covering MESSAGE_NEVER
behavior of the install(DIRECTORY) command.
Suggested-by: Stefan Eilemann <Stefan.Eilemann@epfl.ch>
Create a variable to allow users to control which installation
messages are printed. In particular, provide a "LAZY" setting
that prints "Installing" messages but not "Up-to-date" messages.
This is desirable for incremental re-installations.
Suggested-by: J Decker <d3ck0r@gmail.com>
The add_library(INTERFACE) and Interface Libraries documentation
list all the INTERFACE_* properties and target_* commands that
can be used to define the interface. Add INTERFACE_SOURCES
and target_sources() to these lists for completeness.
In the ctest(1) manual and ctest_start() command documentation, convert
mentions of CTest Script variables to cross-references so they will be
rendered as links.
This is the convention suggested in the Sphinx documentation and is
already used in several other places in the CMake documentation.
Update a few places where we were using other characters.
Explain how to use $<BUILD_INTERFACE> and $<INSTALL_INTERFACE> directly
in the documentation of the target_include_directories command and
INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES target property. Otherwise readers need
to notice the link to the cmake-buildsystem(7) manual and find the
example in that to understand the need for these expressions.
Also fix the explanation in cmake-buildsystem(7) to not claim that
relative paths may be used inside a BUILD_INTERFACE expression.
Note in a few places of the cmake_policy() command documentation
that the cmake_minimum_required() command can set policies too.
Inspired-by: Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp@gmx.net>
Link to it from the documentation of related properties, variables
and commands.
Extend the cmake-developer(7) documentation with notes on
extending feature support for compilers.
Organize the documentation by sub-command to keep the signatures and
their descriptions nearby. Use inline and explicit reST markup. Revise
wording as necessary for the updated layout. Clarify behavior of the
file(GENERATE) command w.r.t. conflicting file names.
Brad King
Nils Gladitz
Andrew Bauer
Alan W. Irwin
Clinton Stimpson
Stephen Kelly