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| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmMakefile.cxx | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmTargetLinkLibrariesCommand.h | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx index 9983e5d786..1463680be3 100644 --- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx +++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx @@ -1364,8 +1364,8 @@ void cmMakefile::AddLinkLibraryForTarget(const char *target, cmOStringStream e; e << "Attempt to add link library \"" << lib << "\" to target \"" - << target << "\" which is not built by this project."; - cmSystemTools::Error(e.str().c_str()); + << target << "\" which is not built in this directory."; + this->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, e.str().c_str()); } } diff --git a/Source/cmTargetLinkLibrariesCommand.h b/Source/cmTargetLinkLibrariesCommand.h index 43a0d7ce39..ce57df7f2a 100644 --- a/Source/cmTargetLinkLibrariesCommand.h +++ b/Source/cmTargetLinkLibrariesCommand.h @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public: " target_link_libraries(<target> [item1 [item2 [...]]]\n" " [[debug|optimized|general] <item>] ...)\n" "Specify libraries or flags to use when linking a given target. " + "The named <target> must have been created in the current directory " + "by a command such as add_executable or add_library. " + "The remaining arguments specify library names or flags." + "\n" "If a library name matches that of another target in the project " "a dependency will automatically be added in the build system to make " "sure the library being linked is up-to-date before the target links. " |