[cmake-commits] alex committed cmUtilitySourceCommand.h 1.11 1.12

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Update of /cvsroot/CMake/CMake/Source
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Modified Files:
	cmUtilitySourceCommand.h 
Log Message:

STYLE: document the behaviour of UTILITY_SOURCE in cross compiling mode

Alex


Index: cmUtilitySourceCommand.h
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RCS file: /cvsroot/CMake/CMake/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.h,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -d -r1.11 -r1.12
--- cmUtilitySourceCommand.h	17 May 2007 17:20:44 -0000	1.11
+++ cmUtilitySourceCommand.h	14 Aug 2007 15:58:21 -0000	1.12
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@
       "this command specifies its location and name.  The cache entry will "
       "not be set unless the path_to_source and all listed files exist.  It "
       "is assumed that the source tree of the utility will have been built "
-      "before it is needed.";
+      "before it is needed.\n"
+      "When cross compiling CMake will print a warning if a UTILITY_SOURCE() "
+      "command is executed, because in many cases it is used to build an "
+      "executable which is executed later on. This doesn't work when "
+      "cross compiling, since the executable can run only on their target "
+      "platform. So in this case the cache entry has to be adjusted manually "
+      "so it points to an executable which is runnable on the build host.";
     }
 
   /** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */