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Author SHA1 Message Date
Brad King 219797e4be Help: Revise try_compile and try_run documentation (#15358)
Rewrite the documentation using better reStructuredText markup
constructs.  Clarify interaction of options like LINK_LIBRARIES and
CMAKE_FLAGS.
2015-02-04 16:06:13 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 44d6f3ce08 Help: Add some cross-linking. 2015-02-04 21:52:00 +01:00
Brad King a47b904db2 Merge topic 'file-strings-utf-16'
1f77a700 file: Teach STRINGS to support UTF-16 and UTF-32 encodings
2015-01-27 11:36:45 -05:00
Justin Borodinsky 1f77a7001b file: Teach STRINGS to support UTF-16 and UTF-32 encodings 2015-01-27 11:30:26 -05:00
Brad King 095fc28a7e Merge topic 'doc-link_libraries-note'
c7310917 Help: Clarify status of link_libraries command
2015-01-27 11:21:55 -05:00
Brad King 8def82585c Merge topic 'try-run-link-libraries'
d0adcccb try_run: Add tests for LINK_LIBRARIES with mock libraries.
223c5cb7 try_run: Add test for bad link libraries.
e2b1f058 try_run: Add support for LINK_LIBRARIES option.
2015-01-26 10:28:25 -05:00
Matt McCormick e2b1f0583f try_run: Add support for LINK_LIBRARIES option.
Most functionality is already implemented in Source/cmCoreTryCompile.{h,cxx}.
Document and improve argument parsing.

This functionality is already being used by a number of modules, like
CheckCSourceCompiles.cmake, but it is not documented.
2015-01-26 10:05:26 -05:00
Brad King c7310917e6 Help: Clarify status of link_libraries command
The command has been documented as 'deprecated', but it is not really
slated for removal and can still be used.  Clarify this in the
documentation.  While at it, revise the documentation to use wording
more consistent with that now in target_link_libraries.

Suggested-by: Christoph Grüninger <foss@grueninger.de>
2015-01-26 09:15:00 -05:00
Brad King 6dd980e0ef ctest_submit: Make CDASH_UPLOAD mode arguments more strict
Disallow mixing of arguments from different command signatures.
Extend the RunCMake.CTestSubmit test to cover such error cases.
2015-01-20 09:33:21 -05:00
Bill Hoffman 5dc33f89b5 ctest_submit: Add CDASH_UPLOAD mode to upload files to CDash
This adds support for the new cdash API where arbitrary files can be
uploaded to the CDash server.  This CDash API communicates via json
files so the json parser jsoncpp was added to the Utilities directory.
2015-01-20 09:33:21 -05:00
Brad King f3ad57d25e Merge branch 'doc-CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME' into release 2015-01-12 09:01:10 -05:00
Brad King c9f3e829e7 Merge topic 'doc-CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME'
8435088d Help: Document CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME variable
b8abd258 find_package: Document CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME variable
2015-01-12 08:57:45 -05:00
Gregor Jasny b8abd25897 find_package: Document CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME variable
Signed-off-by: Gregor Jasny <gjasny@googlemail.com>
2015-01-11 15:16:48 -05:00
Brad King cb5fc7b993 Merge topic 'fix-empty-target-property-queries'
c6d03a10 tests: add tests for querying properties
76ff92e0 set_tests_properties: fix documentation
28214862 get_test_property: clarify the documentation
34a99094 get_target_property: discern empty from undefined properties (#15333)
2015-01-11 12:00:20 -05:00
Brad King ca5fe169aa Merge branch 'fix-empty-target-property-queries' into release 2015-01-11 11:50:14 -05:00
Ben Boeckel 76ff92e0c9 set_tests_properties: fix documentation
The error is raised if the *test* doesn't exist, not the property.
2015-01-11 11:45:43 -05:00
Ben Boeckel 282148628f get_test_property: clarify the documentation
If either the test or the property doesn't exist, NOTFOUND will be used.
No error is raised in either case.
2015-01-11 11:45:43 -05:00
Brad King 427d932498 Merge topic 'doc-if-variable-not-defined'
7a2c3f0c Help: Clarify if(<variable>) documentation (#15335)
2015-01-10 12:14:56 -05:00
Brad King 7a2c3f0c0e Help: Clarify if(<variable>) documentation (#15335)
When the variable is not defined the signature is actually accepting
a string.  Also clarify fall-through from if(<constant>) case.
2015-01-08 13:43:40 -05:00
Brad King 953d34fd1f Help: Document MAIN_DEPENDENCY limitation in add_custom_command
Specify explicitly that at most one custom command may use a given
source file as its main dependency.
2014-12-16 10:38:43 -05:00
Brad King 9859042c05 Help: Mention add_dependencies in add_custom_target DEPENDS option
This will direct readers looking to add target-level dependencies.
2014-12-16 10:38:10 -05:00
Brad King 03db9a061a Merge topic 'doc-file-GENERATE-order'
fe21580b Help: Document file(GENERATE) signature option order
2014-12-05 14:01:04 -05:00
Brad King eff4081bfb Merge branch 'doc-file-GENERATE-order' into release 2014-12-05 13:32:46 -05:00
Brad King fe21580b84 Help: Document file(GENERATE) signature option order
In commit v3.1.0-rc1~484^2 (Help: Format and revise file() command
documentation, 2014-05-23) the signature of file(GENERATE) was
accidentally simplified too much and dropped specification of the
required argument ordering.  Restore the signature to make the order
clear.
2014-12-05 13:28:24 -05:00
Brad King d90e288b7b Merge topic 'file-LOCK-command'
93017828 Help: Add notes for topic 'file-LOCK-command'
e6db4c5a file: Add LOCK subcommand to do file and directory locking
05d6531c cmSystemTools: Add StringToInt helper
2014-12-03 10:02:07 -05:00
Ruslan Baratov e6db4c5a4e file: Add LOCK subcommand to do file and directory locking
Provide options to fail without blocking or to block up to a timeout.
Provide options to specify the scope containing the lock so it can be
released automatically at the end of a function, file, or process.

Extend the RunCMake.file test with cases covering the file(LOCK) command
usage and error cases.
2014-12-03 09:47:44 -05:00
Gregor Jasny 0de867dde2 continue: Add a new CMake language command for loop continuation (#14013)
Inspired-by: Doug Barbieri
Signed-off-by: Gregor Jasny <gjasny@googlemail.com>
2014-12-01 09:50:49 -05:00
Brad King 8e75f1d2fa Merge topic 'target-sources-error-conditions'
8a75c7ef Help: Document the export limitation of INTERFACE_SOURCES.
e1348056 Export: Disallow export of targets with INTERFACE_SOURCES
bb5905bb cmTarget: Don't allow relative paths in INTERFACE_SOURCES
2014-12-01 08:57:34 -05:00
Brad King 2a92231630 Merge topic 'doc-installed-file-property'
89bb34d3 Help: Add 3.1 release notes for INSTALL property scope
07254a81 Help: Document installed file property API
a1aceb25 Help: Format set_property and get_property command docs
2014-12-01 08:57:32 -05:00
Brad King 58d3898083 Merge branch 'target-sources-error-conditions' into release 2014-12-01 08:55:45 -05:00
Brad King 5445a99d1a Merge branch 'doc-installed-file-property' into release 2014-12-01 08:49:13 -05:00
Nils Gladitz 07254a8166 Help: Document installed file property API
Since commit v3.1.0-rc1~479^2~1 (Add an "installed file" property
scope, 2014-05-15) the get_property and set_property commands
support an 'INSTALL' scope.  Add documentation for this scope.
2014-12-01 08:48:19 -05:00
Brad King a1aceb2585 Help: Format set_property and get_property command docs 2014-12-01 08:47:58 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 8a75c7ef32 Help: Document the export limitation of INTERFACE_SOURCES. 2014-11-29 12:25:00 +01:00
Brad King 90cfed51f6 Merge topic 'improve-INTERFACE-property-docs'
bb1111ea Help: Warn that paths should not be used in INTERFACE_ build properties.
96691d12 Help: Fix typo in genex in documentation.
f8f02451 Help: Use a property-specific command instead of the generic one.
8609a884 Help: Make remaining build property docs consistent.
bcface39 Help: Link to target_link_libraries from target properies.
e12926e7 Help: Format the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES target properies.
c8540e94 Help: Unify the help text of INTERFACE_ build properties.
2014-11-25 10:18:52 -05:00
Brad King 0f19208076 Merge topic 'custom-command-byproducts'
557aef0b ExternalProject: Add options to specify BYPRODUCTS (#14963)
e15a7075 Add an option for explicit BYPRODUCTS of custom commands (#14963)
2014-11-25 10:18:16 -05:00
Stephen Kelly bb1111eaa2 Help: Warn that paths should not be used in INTERFACE_ build properties. 2014-11-25 10:00:35 -05:00
Brad King d4fdfaaef1 Merge branch 'doc-target_include_directories-fixup' into release 2014-11-17 15:16:35 -05:00
Brad King d903f7ce91 Merge topic 'doc-target_include_directories-fixup'
1d22ee67 Help: target_include_directories does not allow target names
2014-11-17 15:15:56 -05:00
Brad King 1d22ee67aa Help: target_include_directories does not allow target names
Since commit v2.8.11~227^2~1 (Don't allow targets args in the new target
commands, 2013-01-29) the target_include_directories command does not
support target names on the right hand side, but that commit forgot to
remove it from the docs.  It was never released with such support.
Update the command documentation now.
2014-11-17 14:47:42 -05:00
Brad King 444f61e044 Merge topic 'console-pool'
2d75d7e5 Help: Add notes for topic 'console-pool'
f42d86f0 Ninja: Implement USES_TERMINAL using the console pool if available
f281ae01 Ninja: Remove unused declaration
d5eae556 Ninja: factor out the test for console pool support
4d1fedf4 Give the interactive cache editor the USES_TERMINAL property
fe5d6e8c Add USES_TERMINAL option for custom commands
ad6ee426 Rename doing_verbatim to doing_nothing
2014-11-17 09:40:56 -05:00
Brad King 545d10cc67 Merge topic 'string-SUBSTRING-truncate'
474bbb9d string: Tolerate SUBSTRING length exceeding end index
2014-11-17 09:40:44 -05:00
Brad King e15a7075b5 Add an option for explicit BYPRODUCTS of custom commands (#14963)
A common idiom in CMake-based build systems is to have custom commands
that generate files not listed explicitly as outputs so that these
files do not have to be newer than the inputs.  The file modification
times of such "byproducts" are updated only when their content changes.
Then other build rules can depend on the byproducts explicitly so that
their dependents rebuild when the content of the original byproducts
really does change.

This "undeclared byproduct" approach is necessary for Makefile, VS, and
Xcode build tools because if a byproduct were listed as an output of a
rule then the rule would always rerun when the input is newer than the
byproduct but the byproduct may never be updated.

Ninja solves this problem by offering a 'restat' feature to check
whether an output was really modified after running a rule and tracking
the fact that it is up to date separately from its timestamp.  However,
Ninja also stats all dependencies up front and will only restat files
that are listed as outputs of rules with the 'restat' option enabled.
Therefore an undeclared byproduct that does not exist at the start of
the build will be considered missing and the build will fail even if
other dependencies would cause the byproduct to be available before its
dependents build.

CMake works around this limitation by adding 'phony' build rules for
custom command dependencies in the build tree that do not have any
explicit specification of what produces them.  This is not optimal
because it prevents Ninja from reporting an error when an input to a
rule really is missing.  A better approach is to allow projects to
explicitly specify the byproducts of their custom commands so that no
phony rules are needed for them.  In order to work with the non-Ninja
generators, the byproducts must be known separately from the outputs.

Add a new "BYPRODUCTS" option to the add_custom_command and
add_custom_target commands to specify byproducts explicitly.  Teach the
Ninja generator to specify byproducts as outputs of the custom commands.
In the case of POST_BUILD, PRE_LINK, and PRE_BUILD events on targets
that link, the byproducts must be specified as outputs of the link rule
that runs the commands.  Activate 'restat' for such rules so that Ninja
knows it needs to check the byproducts, but not for link rules that have
no byproducts.
2014-11-14 16:16:00 -05:00
Peter Collingbourne fe5d6e8c0f Add USES_TERMINAL option for custom commands
Teach the add_custom_command and add_custom_target commands a new
USES_TERMINAL option.  Use it to tell the generator to give the command
direct access to the terminal if possible.
2014-11-14 11:55:09 -05:00
Brad King 0cacf73959 Help: Document add_custom_command marking outputs GENERATED 2014-11-14 10:06:55 -05:00
Brad King 66ea634b4c Help: Revise and format 'add_custom_target' docs
Format the reStructuredText markup manually.  Organize the command
options into a definition list.  Use inline markup to cross-reference
related documents.
2014-11-13 11:52:54 -05:00
Domen Vrankar 474bbb9dbc string: Tolerate SUBSTRING length exceeding end index
string SUBSTRING command now ignores length if it points
past end of string and uses end of string instead.
String SUBSTRING tests now cover more corner cases.
2014-11-13 11:04:52 -05:00
Brad King 3d0addd965 Merge branch 'doc-install-SCRIPT-CODE-COMPONENT' into release 2014-11-13 10:21:53 -05:00
Brad King 8abba92472 Merge topic 'doc-install-SCRIPT-CODE-COMPONENT'
7361e810 Help: Document COMPONENT option of install(SCRIPT/CODE) (#14956)
2014-11-13 10:08:25 -05:00
Brad King 7361e8102a Help: Document COMPONENT option of install(SCRIPT/CODE) (#14956) 2014-11-13 08:41:56 -05:00
Brad King 4c8c442d7c Help: Fix broken cross-references reported by 'nitpicky' option
Enable the Sphinx 'nitpicky' option and fix the resulting warnings about
dangling references.
2014-11-07 11:41:21 -05:00
Brad King b71399a189 Merge branch 'release-doc-formatting' into release 2014-11-07 10:20:58 -05:00
Brad King f84ddd4b56 Help: Format add_library documented list of INTERFACE commands
Use a bullet list to make it easier to read.
2014-11-06 14:46:18 -05:00
Brad King aa0f6e8309 Merge branch 'doc-add_library-typo' into release 2014-10-31 11:38:36 -04:00
Nils Gladitz 38825396f9 Documentation: Fix minor typo thecommand -> the command 2014-10-31 11:27:50 -04:00
Brad King 8f01867340 Merge branch 'doc-add_compile_options' into release 2014-10-29 15:24:03 -04:00
Brad King 352cbb6e36 Help: Reference add_compile_options from add_definitions (#15225)
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.
2014-10-29 15:23:31 -04:00
Brad King a9f8c50aa2 Help: Clarify add_compile_options documentation (#15225)
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.
2014-10-29 09:18:56 -04:00
Brad King 35ca4863aa Help: Wrap long ctest_submit signature line 2014-10-22 16:41:07 -04:00
Brad King 0f2defba7d Merge topic 'doc-set_test_properties-example'
d8054987 Help: Fix set_tests_properties documentation typo
2014-09-15 10:27:41 -04:00
Brad King 9edf6903e6 Merge topic 'if-sanity'
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
2014-09-15 10:27:36 -04:00
Andrew Bauer d805498701 Help: Fix set_tests_properties documentation typo
The example for FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION should actually name it.
2014-09-12 11:32:50 -04:00
Nils Gladitz 188a1f236e If: Introduce policy CMP0054 - don't dereference quoted variables in if() 2014-09-11 21:23:17 +02:00
Brad King 3d290c111a Merge topic 'string-uuid-doc-fix'
e6ba52e8 StringUuid: Mark UPPER flag optional in sub-command synopsis
2014-09-10 11:23:15 -04:00
Nils Gladitz e6ba52e8e0 StringUuid: Mark UPPER flag optional in sub-command synopsis 2014-09-10 16:10:13 +02:00
Brad King a5c6ae69f3 Merge topic 'doc-add_custom_command-multiple-commands'
1fdf4ff0 Help: Suggest in add_custom_command how to create a script (#15112)
2014-09-09 11:23:32 -04:00
Brad King 1fdf4ff06a Help: Suggest in add_custom_command how to create a script (#15112) 2014-09-08 14:17:36 -04:00
Brad King ecf43f0dc7 Merge topic 'doc-add_custom_command-multiple-commands'
412926d0 Help: Clarify add_custom_command multiple command behavior (#15112)
2014-09-04 09:48:32 -04:00
Alan W. Irwin abbe91c58c Help: Clarify --debug-trycompile usage with try_compile
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.
2014-09-03 11:19:52 -04:00
Brad King 412926d03a Help: Clarify add_custom_command multiple command behavior (#15112)
Explicitly say that the commands are not composed into a stateful
script.
2014-09-02 15:13:50 -04:00
Nils Gladitz 328e869433 StringUuid: Implement new string(UUID) sub-command. 2014-08-28 15:13:54 +02:00
Brad King a16a344b4b Merge topic 'doc-add_custom_command'
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
2014-08-06 09:26:32 -04:00
Clinton Stimpson 5b30ec28f9 file: Add ENCODING option to file(STRINGS) command (#10519)
Support extraction of UTF-8 strings.
2014-08-06 09:23:47 -04:00
Brad King 5bf1c5cce1 Help: Document add_custom_command PRE_BUILD/PRE_LINK for exe/lib only (#15059)
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.
2014-08-05 10:14:35 -04:00
Brad King 2a58c872d7 Help: Revise and format 'add_custom_command' docs
Format the reStructuredText markup manually.  Organize the command
options into a definition list.  Use inline markup to cross-reference
related documents.
2014-08-05 10:12:59 -04:00
Brad King cb88742da4 Help: Remove stray content from 'add_custom_command' docs
Remove leftover generator expression documentation that is now in
the cmake-generator-expressions(7) manual.
2014-08-05 09:59:10 -04:00
Brad King 8c03f15776 Help: Clarify target_link_libraries treatment of flags (#15034)
Explain that link flags should not be used in transitive contexts.
2014-07-28 12:45:06 -04:00
Brad King 2c470b775a add_library: Allow arbitrary non-linked sources in OBJECT libraries
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.
2014-07-09 09:43:42 -04:00
Brad King d19b64d671 install(DIRECTORY): Add MESSAGE_NEVER option to avoid output (#13761)
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>
2014-06-24 13:18:20 -04:00
Brad King c9568de52c install: Add CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE variable (#13761)
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>
2014-06-24 13:18:20 -04:00
Brad King 67815894ca Help: Add install() command document section headers
Use section headers instead of horizontal dividers so that one may link
to the sections.
2014-06-24 12:52:11 -04:00
Brad King 20f5460288 Help: Link to Object Library docs from add_library 2014-06-12 13:59:13 -04:00
Brad King a81531817e Help: Organize add_library command documentation
Add a section for each library type signature.  Add a table of contents
at the top for the html builder.
2014-06-12 13:59:00 -04:00
Brad King 4054534cc6 Help: Mention INTERFACE_SOURCES as settable for INTERFACE libs
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.
2014-06-12 13:31:01 -04:00
Stephen Kelly 7eef823e14 Help: Add comma to assist parsing of ctest_build command docs. 2014-06-05 11:58:49 +02:00
Stephen Kelly 5fb9b16d0c Help: Document that file(GENERATE) re-writes only when needed. 2014-06-05 11:58:02 +02:00
Brad King 34c6fd3ac0 Help: Convert CTest Script variable references to cross-references
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.
2014-06-03 14:34:13 -04:00
Brad King a38cc33824 Merge topic 'doc-include-dir-props'
907e422b Help: Explain build/install-tree include dirs in more places (#14946)
2014-06-03 09:03:51 -04:00
Brad King 4207b3a3bb Help: Use "^^^^" for subsubsection headers
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.
2014-06-02 14:00:33 -04:00
Brad King 907e422bc8 Help: Explain build/install-tree include dirs in more places (#14946)
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.
2014-06-02 10:49:28 -04:00
Brad King 7b888a5624 Merge topic 'feature-extensions-by-default'
60a981ea Features: Enable compiler extensions by default.
2014-06-02 10:44:28 -04:00
Brad King 4b8ec7514a Merge topic 'doc-ctest-settings'
2d57a390 Help: Document ctest dashboard client usage
28f73dff Help: Document ctest_start initial checkout command variables
2014-06-02 10:44:26 -04:00
Stephen Kelly 60a981ea8e Features: Enable compiler extensions by default.
Compilers enable their extensions by default, and disabling them
implicitly can lead to results which are surprising or non-obvious
to debug.

 http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/cmake-developers/2014-May/010575.html
 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.devel/10214
 https://www.mail-archive.com/cmake-developers@cmake.org/msg10116.html
 (Compiler feature extensions by default, 29 May 2014)
2014-05-31 12:16:12 +02:00
Brad King b1f4e6206b Help: Reference cmake_minimum_required from cmake_policy docs
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>
2014-05-30 15:20:24 -04:00
Brad King 69a23cb2a2 Help: Format cmake_policy command documentation
Add reStructuredText markup manually to improve formatting of the
documentation.  Organize the documentation into subsections.
2014-05-30 15:20:24 -04:00
Brad King 28f73dffbf Help: Document ctest_start initial checkout command variables
Describe the behavior of the ctest_start() command when the
CTEST_CHECKOUT_COMMAND or CTEST_CVS_CHECKOUT variable is set.
2014-05-30 14:15:55 -04:00
Brad King 41a0fde1c9 Merge topic 'doc-file-command'
d74ed543 Help: Format and revise file() command documentation
2014-05-27 09:46:41 -04:00
Brad King 07994577fc Merge topic 'doc-CTEST_BUILD_FLAGS'
b8d6ab60 Help: describe CTEST_BUILD_FLAGS
2014-05-27 09:46:39 -04:00
Stephen Kelly ca5d990f02 Help: Add a manual for compiler feature control.
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.
2014-05-27 09:35:00 -04:00
Brad King d74ed5431a Help: Format and revise file() command documentation
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.
2014-05-23 16:16:47 -04:00
Rolf Eike Beer b8d6ab6040 Help: describe CTEST_BUILD_FLAGS 2014-05-23 19:45:33 +02:00
Stephen Kelly 96eb97f89e Help: Fix whitespace in doc link. 2014-05-20 16:44:06 +02:00
Stephen Kelly e0890d03a4 Features: Extend concept to C language.
Add properties and variables corresponding to CXX equivalents.

Add features for c_function_prototypes (C90), c_restrict (C99),
c_variadic_macros (C99) and c_static_assert (C11). This feature
set can be extended later.

Add a <PREFIX>_RESTRICT symbol define to WriteCompilerDetectionHeader
to conditionally represent the c_restrict feature.
2014-05-15 00:15:18 +02:00
Daniele E. Domenichelli be8ae96098 Allow the Package Registry to be disabled (#14849)
When a project is packaged for redistribution the local package
registries should not be updated or consulted.  They are for developers.

Add variables to disable use of package registries globally:

* CMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY that disables the export(PACKAGE)
  command
* CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY that disables the User Package
  Registry in all the find_package calls.
* CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY that disables the
  System Package Registry in all the find_package calls.

Update documentation and unit tests.
2014-05-12 09:50:01 -04:00
Stephen Kelly 8ed59fc207 Add target_compile_features command.
This can be used to set the compiler features required by particular
targets. An error is issued at CMake time if the compiler does not
support the required feature. If a language dialect flag is required
by the features used, that will be added automatically.

Base the target_compile_features command on cmTargetPropCommandBase. This
gives us 'free' handling of IMPORTED, ALIAS, INTERFACE, non-compilable
and missing targets.
2014-04-07 18:11:18 +02:00
Stephen Kelly 9407174b1a target_sources: New command to add sources to target. 2014-04-02 23:14:02 +02:00
Stephen Kelly e5da9e51d0 cmTarget: Allow any generator expression in SOURCES property.
Remove use of UseObjectLibraries from Makefile and Ninja generators. It
is not needed now because those generators use GetExternalObjects
which already contains the objects from object libraries.

The VS10 generator calls both the UseObjectLibraries and the GetExternalObjects
methods. Ensure that duplicates are not created by skipping objects
from object libraries in handling of GetExternalObjects.

Similarly, fix VS6, VS7 and Xcode object handling by skipping
external objects from OBJECT_LIBRARY usage as appropriate.

The error message in the BadSourceExpression1 test is now reported
by the generator expression evaluator, so it has different text.
2014-04-02 23:12:56 +02:00
Stephen Kelly 28e1d2f8fc cmStringCommand: Add GENEX_STRIP subcommand.
Strip out any generator expressions in the input string.
2014-03-31 23:18:44 +02:00
Stephen Kelly bbffccca42 add_custom_command: Evaluate generator expressions in DEPENDS
Rely on evaluation in cmCustomCommandGenerator for the generators.

When tracing target dependencies, depend on the union of dependencies
for all configurations.
2014-03-20 09:21:56 -04:00
Brad King 955dd1a551 Merge topic 'doc-find_package-build-paths'
69d73d27 Help: Mention in find_package that cmake-gui step is Windows-only (#14781)
2014-03-05 11:07:57 -05:00
Brad King 54a4c93087 Merge branch 'doc-find_package-build-paths' into release 2014-03-03 14:43:36 -05:00
Brad King 69d73d27cb Help: Mention in find_package that cmake-gui step is Windows-only (#14781)
Recently used cmake-gui locations are searched only on Windows because
the Windows registry is used to record the values.  This behavior is
historical and may be removed by a policy in the future so rather than
implementing it on other platforms simply document the current behavior.
2014-03-03 14:36:48 -05:00
Brad King 8982a4b301 Merge topic 'add_definitions-no-genex'
1a9316a8 add_definitions: Don't document genex support.
2014-03-03 10:32:05 -05:00
Brad King 9efba5d956 Merge branch 'add_definitions-no-genex' into release 2014-03-03 10:12:01 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 1a9316a808 add_definitions: Don't document genex support.
This command does not support generator expressions. The documentation
was mistakenly extended to claim it in commit v3.0.0-rc1~60^2~3 (Help: Mark
up the buildsystem commands documentation, 2014-02-03).
2014-03-03 10:10:39 -05:00
Brad King cf42f93d07 Merge topic 'install-FILES-genex'
6e89c8a5 install: Support generator expressions in FILES and PROGRAMS mode
f11f7b34 cmInstallFilesGenerator: Add reference to calling cmMakefile
e190236c Help: Format install() command documentation
2014-02-24 10:40:04 -05:00
Brad King b686154b61 Merge branch 'install-FILES-genex' into release 2014-02-24 09:16:36 -05:00
Brad King 6e89c8a5f1 install: Support generator expressions in FILES and PROGRAMS mode
Teach the install(FILES) and install(PROGRAMS) commands to evaluate
generator expressions in the list of files.

Extend the ExportImport test to cover installation cases involving
generator expressions.
2014-02-21 17:05:26 -05:00
Brad King e190236c74 Help: Format install() command documentation
Add inline markup and explicit markup blocks as appropriate.
2014-02-21 17:05:26 -05:00
Brad King 8afa5fe8ce Help: Revise and format add_test() command documentation
Favor the add_test(NAME) signature and document the limitations of
the plain signature.
2014-02-20 08:58:13 -05:00
Brad King bf012e0cb6 Help: Format find_package() command documentation
Add inline markup and explicit markup block syntax as needed.
Add cross-references to other documentation as appropriate.
2014-02-17 15:37:04 -05:00
Stephen Kelly ba4c2fa8fd Help: Mark up the buildsystem commands documentation
Cross-link to the cmake-buildsystem manual.
2014-02-06 16:15:53 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 85a4fad78c Help: Use ``inline-literals`` to mark generator expressions. 2014-02-06 16:15:52 -05:00
Brad King 7e142c5ac2 project: Manage VERSION variables
Teach the project() command to set variables

  {PROJECT,<PROJECT-NAME>}_VERSION{,_MAJOR,_MINOR,_PATCH,_TWEAK}

holding the project version number and its components.  Add project()
command option "VERSION" to specify the version explicitly, and default
to the empty string when it is not given.

Since this clears variables when no VERSION is given, this may change
behavior for existing projects that set the version variables themselves
prior to calling project().  Add policy CMP0048 for compatibility.

Suggested-by: Alex Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>
2014-01-29 09:45:18 -05:00
Brad King 16d040c958 project: Add optional LANGUAGES keyword
Teach the project() command to recognize an optional "LANGUAGES"
keyword after the project name and prior to the list of languages.
Do not allow multiple copies of the keyword.  If the keyword is
specified and no languages are listed, imply NONE.
2014-01-29 09:40:51 -05:00
Brad King 00007dcc36 Help: Format project command and variable documentation
Also add document for CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-NAME>_INCLUDE variable.
2014-01-29 09:15:20 -05:00
Raphael Kubo da Costa 5968b6e030 Help: Fix typo in 'if()' command documentation
s/argumemnts/arguments/
2014-01-15 15:47:59 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 9eb06d0dde add_library: Disallow invalid signatures for INTERFACE_LIBRARY.
Document the valid signatures. Add a test for the IMPORTED GLOBAL
signature.
2014-01-06 17:25:10 +01:00
Stephen Kelly cbe7e8fae4 export: Implement EXPORT subcommand (#9822)
Teach the export command to handle export sets defined by invocations
of install(TARGETS ... EXPORT foo).  This makes maintenance of targets
exported to both the build tree and install tree trivial.
2013-12-24 13:02:49 +01:00
Brad King 6b8662e681 Help: Clarify if(TARGET) behavior (#14646)
Define the meaning of a "target" clearly and link to the commands
that create them.
2013-12-18 12:15:43 -05:00
Brad King b74819e4fe Help: Format 'if' command documentation
Manually update reStructuredText formatting.  Use a definition list
for the possible if() tests supported.  Add inline literal markup
as appropriate.  Also make minor wording tweaks to make it flow
better with the new markup.
2013-12-18 12:14:24 -05:00
Brad King 0060e955db Help: Format and clarify source_group() documentation (#14631)
Refine the .rst formatting.  Document the FILES option explicitly
and specify how it treats relative paths.
2013-12-05 13:22:57 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 3e3f8b456f Help: Document the CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH* variables.
Add a replacement template for the variables, and link to them from
the documentation for the find_* commands.
2013-11-27 13:21:12 +01:00
Stephen Kelly 7521da2852 Introduce CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX variable.
This variable can be useful in cross-compiling contexts where the
sysroot is read-only or where the sysroot should otherwise remain
pristine.

If the new CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX variable is set, it is used instead
of CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when generating the installation rules in
cmake_install.cmake.

This way, the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable
always refers to the installation prefix on the target device, regardless
of whether host==target.

If any -rpath paths passed to the linker contain the CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX,
the matching path fragments are replaced with the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
Matching paths in the -rpath-link are not transformed.

The cross-prefix usr-move workaround is assumed not to require extension
regarding CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX. The staging area is a single prefix, so
there is no scope for cross-prefix symlinks. The CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
is still used to determine the workaround path, and that variable
remains the relevant one even if CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX is used. If the
generated export files are deployed to the target, the workaround
will still be in place, and still be employed if required.
2013-11-21 11:48:03 +01:00
Brad King e776a2dae4 Merge topic 'macro-args-docs'
f0db2e3 Help: Document macro argument caveats in more detail
2013-11-19 12:44:48 -05:00
Brad King 46ec48c93d Merge topic 'cross-compiling-toolchain-variables'
7cd65c9 Add CMAKE_SYSROOT variable to set --sysroot when cross compiling.
5096967 Allow toolchain files to specify an external toolchain.
76552d5 Add compiler target compile options.
f41ecd1 CMakeDetermineCompilerId: Look for internal file only on host
2013-11-19 12:41:57 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 7cd65c97fa Add CMAKE_SYSROOT variable to set --sysroot when cross compiling.
As CMAKE_ROOT_FIND_PATH can be a list, a new CMAKE_SYSROOT is
introduced, which is never a list.

The contents of this variable is passed to supporting compilers
as --sysroot. It is also accounted for when processing implicit
link directories reported by the compiler, and when generating
RPATH information.
2013-11-19 12:39:39 -05:00
Brad King 1da77bf1ee Merge topic 'cleanup-build-commands'
4cce44b Help: Document the CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM variable in more detail
558c74d VS: Switch to internal CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM lookup by generators
5229f2d Tests: Do not use an explicit make program for VS generators
72dd738 Tests: Fix MFC test heuristic for empty CMAKE_TEST_MAKEPROGRAM
fd6076d Tests: Pass CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM instead of --build-makeprogram
68031ab Tests: Configure SubProject-Stage2 test more robustly
003d10c Tests: Simplify VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild configuration
e47d934 Tests: Simplify VSProjectInSubdir configuration
e965cb1 Tests: Simplify CTest.BuildCommand.ProjectInSubdir configuration
72bf255 Tests: Pass --build-options to every test
4d1d772 ctest: Teach --build-options to allow zero options
96966b5 ctest: Make the --build-makeprogram optional for --build-and-test
91a0211 Simplify some calls to cmGlobalGenerator::Build
123a060 Teach GenerateBuildCommand to find its own make program
5f5c92b VS: Add internal APIs to find MSBuild, devenv/VCExpress, and msdev
4ac75fd Prefer CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM over CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL (#14548)
...
2013-11-19 10:55:39 -05:00
Daniele E. Domenichelli f0db2e3898 Help: Document macro argument caveats in more detail
Add notes about macro arguments in the foreach, if, and list commands.
Add a section to the macro command documentation explaining in detail
how macro arguments are not variables.
2013-11-19 09:01:54 -05:00
Brad King bca67c710f build_command: Return a "cmake --build" command-line
Re-implement the build_command() command to use "cmake --build" instead
of generating a native build tool invocation directly.  This command
will internally invoke the proper native build tool.

This avoids requiring cmGlobalGenerator::GenerateBuildCommand to produce
a string so that it can be later refactored to produce a vector with no
quoting or escaping.  It will also allow us to later teach CMake to
delay the decision about which build tool to invoke until after the
project build system is generated to disk.  For example, on Visual
Studio 10 and above the preferred command-line tool is MSBuild, but we
need to fall back to devenv if the .sln has Intel Fortran .vfproj files.
2013-11-15 14:38:18 -05:00
Nils Gladitz 7eb994062a CTest: added documentation for the "Upload" submission PART 2013-11-15 15:22:08 +01:00
Brad King 3bb6266492 Help: Clarify execute_process COMMAND argument behavior
State in the execute_process how COMMAND arguments are passed to
the child.  Add a note at the end about how the command differs
from add_custom_*().

Suggested-by: Alan W. Irwin
2013-11-07 16:42:39 -05:00
Brad King ea6b656f0c Help: Format execute_process command documentation
Use a code-block for the signature.  Format the options as a definition
list.
2013-11-07 16:42:04 -05:00
Brad King b4a1f442bb Merge topic 'policy-CMP0022-fixes-for-master'
b51696f CMP0022: Update target_link_libraries plain signature documentation
25b7f87 Merge branch 'policy-CMP0022-fixes' into policy-CMP0022-fixes-for-master
0a561a0 CMP0022: Warn about a given target at most once
23d21b7 Do not export INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES from non-linkable targets
ef10b87 CMP0022: Plain target_link_libraries must populate link interface
0e06788 CMP0022: Add test for target_link_libraries plain signature
c0f4a61 CMP0022: Add unit test for null pointer check and message.
4b0cfa7 Merge branch 'output-CMP0022-entries' into policy-CMP0022-fixes
2013-11-04 07:54:20 -05:00
Brad King b51696f003 CMP0022: Update target_link_libraries plain signature documentation
Make the documentation change made by commit ef10b87c (CMP0022: Plain
target_link_libraries must populate link interface, 2013-11-02) in the
new location for the same documentation.
2013-11-03 09:23:02 -05:00
Stephen Kelly 12d10a00ac Add missing documentation for include dirs related variables. (#12611)
Document CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_BEFORE and
CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_PROJECT_BEFORE.
2013-11-02 16:06:19 +01:00
Brad King 8c0bbd37df Merge topic 'minor-cleanups'
f3f49ff Docs: Fix typo
b0686fd Docs: Fix typo.
2013-10-24 09:52:29 -04:00
Stephen Kelly f3f49ff7a9 Docs: Fix typo
opitions -> options.
2013-10-23 23:41:00 +02:00
Brad King 6c9194488a Add policy CMP0036 to disallow build_name 2013-10-22 09:09:53 -04:00
Brad King 3969bb23aa Add policy CMP0035 to disallow variable_requires 2013-10-22 09:09:52 -04:00