ENH: Add cmMakefile::NeedBackwardsCompatibility method to pass through to cmLocalGenerator::NeedBackwardsCompatibility for convenience.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 31ce6051fc..5e22b15ca2 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -527,6 +527,21 @@ void cmMakefile::SetLocalGenerator(cmLocalGenerator* lg)
   this->LocalGenerator = lg;
 }
 
+bool cmMakefile::NeedBackwardsCompatibility(unsigned int major,
+                                            unsigned int minor,
+                                            unsigned int patch)
+{
+  if(this->LocalGenerator)
+    {
+    return
+      this->LocalGenerator->NeedBackwardsCompatibility(major, minor, patch);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    return false;
+    }
+}
+
 void cmMakefile::FinalPass()
 {
   // do all the variable expansions here
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.h b/Source/cmMakefile.h
index 5664e2587a..12545e979d 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.h
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ public:
     { return this->LocalGenerator;}
 
   /**
+   * Test whether compatibility is set to a given version or lower.
+   */
+  bool NeedBackwardsCompatibility(unsigned int major,
+                                  unsigned int minor,
+                                  unsigned int patch = 0xFFu);
+
+  /**
    * Perform FinalPass, Library dependency analysis etc before output of the
    * makefile.  
    */