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@@ -577,26 +577,37 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
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cm->DefineProperty
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("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
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- "Specifies the available build types.",
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- "This specifies what build types will be available such as "
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- "Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. This has reasonable defaults "
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- "on most platforms. But can be extended to provide other "
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- "build types. See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.",
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- false,
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+ "Specifies the available build types on multi-config generators.",
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+ "This specifies what build types (configurations) will be available "
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+ "such as Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo etc. "
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+ "This has reasonable defaults on most platforms, "
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+ "but can be extended to provide other build types. "
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+ "See also CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for details of managing configuration data, "
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+ "and CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR."
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+ ,false,
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"Variables That Change Behavior");
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cm->DefineProperty
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("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
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- "Specifies the build type for make based generators.",
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- "This specifies what build type will be built in this tree. "
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- " Possible values are empty, Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo"
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- " and MinSizeRel. This variable is only supported for "
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- "make based generators. If this variable is supported, "
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- "then CMake will also provide initial values for the "
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- "variables with the name "
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- " CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]."
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- " For example, if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is Debug, then "
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- "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG will be added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS.",false,
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+ "Specifies the build type on single-configuration generators.",
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+ "This statically specifies what build type (configuration) "
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+ "will be built in this build tree. Possible values are "
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+ "empty, Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel. "
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+ "This variable is only meaningful to single-configuration generators "
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+ "(such as make and Ninja) i.e. "
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+ "those which choose a single configuration "
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+ "when CMake runs to generate a build tree as opposed to "
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+ "multi-configuration generators which offer selection of the build "
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+ "configuration within the generated build environment. "
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+ "There are many per-config properties and variables "
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+ "(usually following clean SOME_VAR_<CONFIG> order conventions), "
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+ "such as CMAKE_C_FLAGS_<CONFIG>, specified as uppercase: "
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+ "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_[DEBUG|RELEASE|RELWITHDEBINFO|MINSIZEREL]. "
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+ "For example, in a build tree configured "
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+ "to build type Debug, CMake will see to having "
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+ "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG settings get added to the CMAKE_C_FLAGS settings. "
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+ "See also CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES."
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+ ,false,
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"Variables That Change Behavior");
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cm->DefineProperty
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