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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-11-23 14:53:23 +0000
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2021-11-23 09:53:43 -0500
commiteaef62ec3b63697c45cbea05ff1d89964b439912 (patch)
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downloadcmake-eaef62ec3b63697c45cbea05ff1d89964b439912.tar.gz
Merge topic 'doc-policy-default'
69b70968bd Help: Suggest CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0126 in CMP0126 docs 5b1c24255f Help: Suggest CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0077 in CMP0077 docs c44636a89b Help: Document more use cases for CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMPNNNN Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !6756
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/policy')
-rw-r--r--Help/policy/CMP0077.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/policy/CMP0126.rst5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0077.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0077.rst
index d8744a9458..482125a794 100644
--- a/Help/policy/CMP0077.rst
+++ b/Help/policy/CMP0077.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ between the two policies.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.13. CMake version
|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior.
Use the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW``
-explicitly.
+explicitly within a project. Use the :variable:`CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0077
+<CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP\<NNNN\>>` variable to set the policy for
+a third-party project in a subdirectory without modifying it.
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt
diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0126.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0126.rst
index ba027b3514..1b6995762d 100644
--- a/Help/policy/CMP0126.rst
+++ b/Help/policy/CMP0126.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ will *not* set the cache variable if a non-cache variable of the same name
already exists and :policy:`CMP0077` is set to ``NEW``.
Policy ``CMP0126`` was introduced in CMake version 3.21. Use the
-:command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly.
+:command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly
+within a project. Use the :variable:`CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0126
+<CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP\<NNNN\>>` variable to set the policy for
+a third-party project in a subdirectory without modifying it.
Unlike many policies, CMake version |release| does *not* warn when the policy
is not set and simply uses ``OLD`` behavior. See documentation of the
:variable:`CMAKE_POLICY_WARNING_CMP0126 <CMAKE_POLICY_WARNING_CMP<NNNN>>`