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Documentation: Clarify handling of implicit link directories

Extend documentation for CMAKE_<LANG>_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES to
explain how it is used by CMake and how it can be influenced by
environment variables.

Inspired-by: Alex Neundorf <[email protected]>
Brad King 13 éve
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      Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx

+ 9 - 1
Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx

@@ -1621,7 +1621,15 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "These paths are implicit linker search directories for the compiler's "
      "language.  "
      "CMake automatically detects these directories for each language and "
-     "reports the results in this variable.", false,
+     "reports the results in this variable."
+     "\n"
+     "When a library in one of these directories is given by full path to "
+     "target_link_libraries() CMake will generate the -l<name> form on "
+     "link lines to ensure the linker searches its implicit directories "
+     "for the library.  "
+     "Note that some toolchains read implicit directories from an "
+     "environment variable such as LIBRARY_PATH so keep its value "
+     "consistent when operating in a given build tree.",false,
      "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty