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diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
index ece126bffc..31d9e4384b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_deploy_app_script.qdoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
\include cmake-find-package-core.qdocinc
\cmakecommandsince 6.3
-\note This command is currently only supported on Windows and macOS.
+\note This command is currently only supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
\section1 Synopsis
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ qt_generate_deploy_app_script(
TARGET target
OUTPUT_SCRIPT <var>
[NO_TRANSLATIONS]
+ [NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME]
[NO_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_ERROR]
+ [DEPLOY_TOOL_OPTIONS ...]
[PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
[PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
[POST_INCLUDE_REGEXES regexes...]
@@ -52,9 +54,9 @@ generation time. It is intended to be used with the \l{install(SCRIPT)} command,
which should come after the application's target has been installed using
\l{install(TARGETS)}.
-The deployment script will call \l{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()} with a
-suitable set of options for the standard install layout.
-Currently, this is only implemented for
+The deployment script will call \l{qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies}
+{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()} with a suitable set of options for the standard
+install layout. Currently, this is only implemented for
\list
\li macOS app bundles built on a macOS host,
\li Linux executables built on a Linux host,
@@ -67,9 +69,16 @@ in a fatal error, unless the \c{NO_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_ERROR} option is given.
On platforms other than macOS, Qt translations are automatically deployed. To
inhibit this behavior, specify \c{NO_TRANSLATIONS}. Use
-\l{qt6_deploy_translations}{qt_deploy_translations} to deploy translations in a
+\l{qt6_deploy_translations}{qt_deploy_translations()} to deploy translations in a
customized way.
+For Windows desktop applications, the required runtime files for the compiler
+are also installed by default. To prevent this, specify \c{NO_COMPILER_RUNTIME}.
+
+Since Qt 6.7, you can use \c{DEPLOY_TOOL_OPTIONS} to pass additional options to
+the underlying deployment tool. This only has an effect if the underlying
+deployment tool is either macdeployqt or windeployqt.
+
For deploying a QML application, use
\l{qt6_generate_deploy_qml_app_script}{qt_generate_deploy_qml_app_script()}
instead.
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ The options \c{PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES}, \c{PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES},
\c{POST_INCLUDE_REGEXES}, \c{POST_EXCLUDE_REGEXES}, \c{POST_INCLUDE_FILES}, and
\c{POST_EXCLUDE_FILES} can be specified to control the deployment of runtime
dependencies. These options do not apply to all platforms and are forwarded
-unmodified to \l{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()}.
+unmodified to \l{qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies}{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()}.
\sa {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()},
{qt6_generate_deploy_script}{qt_generate_deploy_script()},
@@ -89,25 +98,13 @@ unmodified to \l{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()}.
\section1 Example
-\badcode
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16...3.22)
-project(MyThings)
+The following example shows how to deploy an application \c{MyApp}.
-find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
-qt_standard_project_setup()
+\include cmake-generate-deploy-app-script.qdocinc
-qt_add_executable(MyApp main.cpp)
+The following example shows how to use the \c{DEPLOY_TOOL_OPTIONS} parameter to
+pass different options to macdeployqt and windeployqt.
-install(TARGETS MyApp
- BUNDLE DESTINATION .
- RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-)
+\include cmake-generate-deploy-app-script-deploy-tool-options.qdocinc
-qt_generate_deploy_app_script(
- TARGET MyApp
- OUTPUT_SCRIPT deploy_script
- NO_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_ERROR
-)
-install(SCRIPT ${deploy_script})
-\endcode
*/