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Diffstat (limited to 'Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h b/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h index 68ec666ec..6caa130ce 100644 --- a/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h +++ b/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.h @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public: " try_compile(RESULT_VAR <bindir> <srcfile>\n" " [CMAKE_FLAGS flags...]\n" " [COMPILE_DEFINITIONS flags...]\n" + " [LINK_LIBRARIES libs...]\n" " [OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>]\n" " [COPY_FILE <fileName>])\n" "Try building a source file into an executable. " @@ -90,7 +91,12 @@ public: "Some extra flags that can be included are, " "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, LINK_DIRECTORIES, and LINK_LIBRARIES. " "COMPILE_DEFINITIONS are -Ddefinition that will be passed to the " - "compile line. " + "compile line.\n" + "The srcfile signature also accepts a LINK_LIBRARIES argument which " + "may contain a list of libraries or IMPORTED targets which will be " + "linked to in the generated project. If LINK_LIBRARIES is specified " + "as a parameter to try_compile, then any LINK_LIBRARIES passed as " + "CMAKE_FLAGS will be ignored.\n" "try_compile creates a CMakeList.txt " "file on the fly that looks like this:\n" " add_definitions( <expanded COMPILE_DEFINITIONS from calling " |