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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2013-12-02 11:29:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2013-12-02 11:32:41 -0500 |
| commit | c0897cfad0c8f1c7671ecc8b24bbfd189a9237de (patch) | |
| tree | 6d21e290c724077ba6f7dd9c81a755444fc764c1 /Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst | |
| parent | 09c05f37cf6c0cba643492aa4a597d6d465a8f32 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-c0897cfad0c8f1c7671ecc8b24bbfd189a9237de.tar.gz | |
Help: Document PDB behavior w.r.t. static libraries explicitly (#14600)
Document PDB_NAME and PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY as applying only to shared
libraries and executables. Add an explicit note to explain why they
do not work for static libraries.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst index 3cc075e2de..9a863a1d1c 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.rst @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY -------------------- -Output directory for MS debug symbols ``.pdb`` file from linker. +Output directory for the MS debug symbols ``.pdb`` file +generated by the linker for an executable or shared library target. This property specifies the directory into which the MS debug symbols will be placed by the linker. This property is initialized by the value of the :variable:`CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` variable if it is set when a target is created. +.. include:: PDB_NOTE.txt + This property is not implemented by the :generator:`Visual Studio 6` generator. |