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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2017-06-08 15:54:03 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2017-06-09 14:38:43 (GMT)
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file(GENERATE): Add policy CMP0070 to define relative path behavior
Previously `file(GENERATE)` did not define any behavior for relative paths given to the `OUTPUT` or `INPUT` arguments. Define behavior consistent with CMake conventions and add a policy to provide compatibility for projects that relied on the old accidental behavior. Fixes: #16786
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+----------------------------
+
+* The :command:`file(GENERATE)` command now interprets relative paths
+ given to its ``OUTPUT`` and ``INPUT`` arguments with respect to the
+ caller's current binary and source directories, respectively.
+ See policy :policy:`CMP0070`.