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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2022-04-04 13:26:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2022-04-04 09:26:57 -0400 |
| commit | 7260208379738bf4052e44d32588152b475e98da (patch) | |
| tree | 53505315b3813cf5cc52c05b82795f3b1a0593c7 /Help | |
| parent | 96293e3336165f3db53aa80166e6d093a1a78755 (diff) | |
| parent | 9993774172f62ec7b0b69efc232e0a9fbc894394 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-7260208379738bf4052e44d32588152b475e98da.tar.gz | |
Merge topic 'doc-CMP0112' into release-3.23
9993774172 Help: Clarify when policy CMP0112 takes effect
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !7134
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/policy/CMP0112.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst index 313a51e82d..5b00d07105 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ file name components no longer add a dependency on the evaluated target. In CMake 3.18 and lower a dependency on the evaluated target of the above generator expressions would always be added. CMake 3.19 and above prefer to not add this dependency. This policy provides compatibility for projects -that have not been updated to expect the new behavior. +that have not been updated to expect the new behavior. The policy setting +is recorded on each target when it is created, and decides whether generator +expressions referencing that target imply a dependency on it. The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to add a dependency on the evaluated target for the above generator expressions. The ``NEW`` behavior of |