summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS.rst18
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst17
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS.rst
index 4b39b1deff..747ac93e32 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS
------------------
-Flags for all build types.
-
-``<LANG>`` flags used regardless of the value of :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`.
+Language-wide flags for language ``<LANG>`` used when building for
+all configurations. These flags will be passed to all invocations
+of the compiler. This includes invocations that drive compiling
+and those that drive linking.
For each language, if this variable is not defined, it is initialized
and stored in the cache using values from environment variables in
@@ -27,7 +28,10 @@ combination with CMake's builtin defaults for the toolchain:
This value is a command-line string fragment. Therefore, multiple options
should be separated by spaces, and options with spaces should be quoted.
-The flags in this variable will be passed to the compiler before those
-in the per-configuration :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variant,
-and before flags added by the :command:`add_compile_options` or
-:command:`target_compile_options` commands.
+The flags in this variable will be passed before those in the
+per-configuration :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>` variable.
+On invocations driving compiling, flags from both variables will be passed
+before flags added by commands such as :command:`add_compile_options` and
+:command:`target_compile_options`. On invocations driving linking,
+they will be passed before before flags added by commands such as
+:command:`add_link_options` and :command:`target_link_options`.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
index f0900fdc8d..de7bd537ee 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_CONFIG.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>
---------------------------
-Flags for language ``<LANG>`` when building for the ``<CONFIG>`` configuration.
+Language-wide flags for language ``<LANG>`` used when building for
+the ``<CONFIG>`` configuration. These flags will be passed to all
+invocations of the compiler in the corresponding configuration.
+This includes invocations that drive compiling and those that drive
+linking.
-The flags in this variable will be passed to the compiler after those
-in the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS` variable, but before flags added
-by the :command:`add_compile_options` or :command:`target_compile_options`
-commands.
+The flags in this variable will be passed after those in the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS` variable. On invocations driving compiling,
+flags from both variables will be passed before flags added by commands
+such as :command:`add_compile_options` and :command:`target_compile_options`.
+On invocations driving linking, they will be passed before before flags
+added by commands such as :command:`add_link_options` and
+:command:`target_link_options`.