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authorChuck Atkins <chuck.atkins@kitware.com>2015-08-24 14:33:31 -0400
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-09-21 10:12:13 -0400
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parent402bf096ec4aac75af096c3708ce51efaf4589d0 (diff)
downloadcmake-9784af1b50a142c0160058734c7e12cee5f2a15e.tar.gz
CMP0065: Restrict the use of CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_<LANG>_FLAGS
This new policy restricts the addition of the shared library link flags to executables only when the ENABLE_EXPORTS property is set to True.
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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst
index 283f5a8b23..dfd4af7548 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Normally an executable does not export any symbols because it is the
final program. It is possible for an executable to export symbols to
be used by loadable modules. When this property is set to true CMake
will allow other targets to "link" to the executable with the
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES command. On all platforms a target-level
+:command:`TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES` command. On all platforms a target-level
dependency on the executable is created for targets that link to it.
For DLL platforms an import library will be created for the exported
symbols and then used for linking. All Windows-based systems
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ module will "link" to the executable using a flag like
"-bundle_loader". For other non-DLL platforms the link rule is simply
ignored since the dynamic loader will automatically bind symbols when
the module is loaded.
+
+This property is initialized by the value of the variable
+:variable:`CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS` if it is set when a target is created.