Merge pull request #17755 from fuzzard/cmake_exclusionregex

[cmake] ADDONS_TO_BUILD exclusion regex and better exact match handling

6 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/README.Android.md b/docs/README.Android.md
index 5d918d6887..1f8cb47073 100644
--- a/docs/README.Android.md
+++ b/docs/README.Android.md
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Build a specific group of add-ons:
 ```
 make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons ADDONS="pvr.*"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 **[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
 
diff --git a/docs/README.FreeBSD.md b/docs/README.FreeBSD.md
index 8262f89ab0..8424cc1aa6 100644
--- a/docs/README.FreeBSD.md
+++ b/docs/README.FreeBSD.md
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Build a specific group of add-ons:
 ```
 sudo gmake -j$(sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{print $2}') -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local ADDONS="pvr.*"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 **NOTE:** `PREFIX=/usr/local` should match Kodi's `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=` prefix used in **[section 4.1](#41-configure-build)**.
 
diff --git a/docs/README.Linux.md b/docs/README.Linux.md
index 96402df713..83a9b729e6 100644
--- a/docs/README.Linux.md
+++ b/docs/README.Linux.md
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ Build a specific group of add-ons:
 ```
 sudo make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons PREFIX=/usr/local ADDONS="pvr.*"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located here [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 **NOTE:** `PREFIX=/usr/local` should match Kodi's `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=` prefix used in **[section 4.1](#41-configure-build)**.
 
diff --git a/docs/README.iOS.md b/docs/README.iOS.md
index da03618f55..85052b655f 100644
--- a/docs/README.iOS.md
+++ b/docs/README.iOS.md
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ Build a specific group of add-ons:
 ```
 make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons ADDONS="pvr.*"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located here [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 ## 5.2. Xcode project building
 
@@ -146,9 +147,7 @@ Generate Xcode project to build a specific group of add-ons:
 make -C tools/depends/target/cmakebuildsys CMAKE_EXTRA_ARGUMENTS="-DENABLE_XCODE_ADDONBUILD=ON -DADDONS_TO_BUILD='pvr.*'"
 ```
 
-**TIP:** When using addontype.* for -DADDONS_TO_BUILD argument, you cannot have multiple 
-addon types. ie -DADDONS_TO_BUILD='game.libretro.* peripheral.*' is not valid. You will 
-need to individually list the addons as per the first example for specific addon building.
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 Generate Xcode project to build all add-ons automatically:
 ```sh
diff --git a/docs/README.macOS.md b/docs/README.macOS.md
index 1138651018..a8347384ce 100644
--- a/docs/README.macOS.md
+++ b/docs/README.macOS.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ OR
 ```
 make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -C tools/depends/target/binary-addons ADDONS="pvr.*"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 **[back to top](#table-of-contents)**
 
diff --git a/docs/README.tvOS.md b/docs/README.tvOS.md
index 2e938cf40d..483b613840 100644
--- a/docs/README.tvOS.md
+++ b/docs/README.tvOS.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Generate Xcode project to build a specific group of add-ons:
 ```
 make -C tools/depends/target/cmakebuildsys CMAKE_EXTRA_ARGUMENTS="-DENABLE_XCODE_ADDONBUILD=ON -DADDONS_TO_BUILD='pvr.*'"
 ```
+For additional information on regular expression usage for ADDONS_TO_BUILD, view ADDONS_TO_BUILD section located at [Kodi add-ons CMake based buildsystem](../cmake/addons/README.md)
 
 Generate Xcode project to build all add-ons automatically:
 ```