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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-07-09 14:25:24 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2018-07-09 14:25:33 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'option-normal-variable'
2a5f5c0e31 option: respect existing normal variable 12e6f83319 Option: Add a test that verifies interaction with normal variables 5bb3d40a28 cmOption: Remove VTK 4.0 workarounds Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !2155
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@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Provides an option that the user can optionally select.
[initial value])
Provide an option for the user to select as ``ON`` or ``OFF``. If no
-initial value is provided, ``OFF`` is used.
+initial value is provided, ``OFF`` is used. If the option is already
+set as a normal variable then the command does nothing
+(see policy :policy:`CMP0077`).
If you have options that depend on the values of other options, see
the module help for :module:`CMakeDependentOption`.