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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-04 11:25:00 -0400
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-04 14:37:51 -0400
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downloadcmake-c4ff696971f3ff5bf7ed51bb8387ffd24cca9f6a.tar.gz
Merge branch 'doc-osx-vars-as-cache' into release-3.13
Merge-request: !2443
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_OSX_VARIABLE.txt2
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_OSX_VARIABLE.txt b/Help/variable/CMAKE_OSX_VARIABLE.txt
index 5b84726048..16f3c1a1a8 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_OSX_VARIABLE.txt
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_OSX_VARIABLE.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ The value of this variable should be set prior to the first
:command:`project` or :command:`enable_language` command invocation
because it may influence configuration of the toolchain and flags.
It is intended to be set locally by the user creating a build tree.
+This variable should be set as a ``CACHE`` entry (or else CMake may
+remove it while initializing a cache entry of the same name).
Despite the ``OSX`` part in the variable name(s) they apply also to
other SDKs than macOS like iOS, tvOS, or watchOS.