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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst index 7b294a87d0..390220cc8f 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst @@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ a path on the host to install to. The :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` is always the runtime installation location, even when cross-compiling. The :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER` variables may be set to full paths, or to -names of compilers to search for in standard locations. In cases where CMake does -not have enough information to extract information from the compiler, the -:module:`CMakeForceCompiler` module can be used to bypass some of the checks. +names of compilers to search for in standard locations. For toolchains that +do not support linking binaries without custom flags or scripts one may set +the :variable:`CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE` variable to ``STATIC_LIBRARY`` +to tell CMake not to try to link executables during its checks. CMake ``find_*`` commands will look in the sysroot, and the :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH` entries by default in all cases, as well as looking in the host system root prefix. |