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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-03 14:45:15 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-03 15:58:22 (GMT)
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Help: Clarify policy CMP0077 documentation
Add background about the case in which the policy is relevant. Describe the OLD and NEW behaviors more completely. Fixes: #18418
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@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@ Deprecated and Removed Features
Other Changes
=============
-* The :command:`option` command now honors existing normal variables instead
- of replacing them with a cache entry. See policy :policy:`CMP0077`.
+* The :command:`option` command now honors an existing normal variable
+ of the same name and does nothing instead of possibly creating a cache
+ entry (or setting its type) and removing the normal variable.
+ See policy :policy:`CMP0077`.
* The :ref:`Makefile Generators` learned to remove custom command and
custom target byproducts during ``make clean``.