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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/runtime-dll-deps.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst index ca4ea3e0aa..e7828168de 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst @@ -938,6 +938,29 @@ which is just the string ``tgt``. :ref:`Target Usage Requirements` this is the consuming target rather than the target specifying the requirement. +.. genex:: $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:tgt> + + List of DLLs that the target depends on at runtime. This is determined by + the locations of all the ``SHARED`` and ``MODULE`` targets in the target's + transitive dependencies. Using this generator expression on targets other + than executables, ``SHARED`` libraries, and ``MODULE`` libraries is an error. + On non-DLL platforms, it evaluates to an empty string. + + This generator expression can be used to copy all of the DLLs that a target + depends on into its output directory in a ``POST_BUILD`` custom command. For + example: + + .. code-block:: cmake + + find_package(foo REQUIRED) + + add_executable(exe main.c) + target_link_libraries(exe PRIVATE foo::foo foo::bar) + add_custom_command(TARGET exe POST_BUILD + COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:exe> $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:exe> + COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS + ) + .. genex:: $<INSTALL_PREFIX> Content of the install prefix when the target is exported via diff --git a/Help/release/dev/runtime-dll-deps.rst b/Help/release/dev/runtime-dll-deps.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..831410f3bc --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/runtime-dll-deps.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +runtime-dll-deps +---------------- + +* A new :genex:`TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS` generator expression was added. |