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authorRuslan Baratov <ruslan_baratov@yahoo.com>2017-03-09 13:05:19 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2017-03-30 18:56:46 (GMT)
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Add policy CMP0069 to enforce INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION
Previously the `INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION` target property was honored only for the Intel compiler on Linux and otherwise ignored. In order to add support for more compilers incrementally without changing behavior in the future, add a new policy whose NEW behavior enforces the `INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION` property. Add flags for supported compilers and otherwise produce an error.
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+-----------------------------------
+
+* The :prop_tgt:`INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION` target property is now enforced
+ when enabled. CMake will add IPO flags unconditionally or produce an error
+ if it does not know the flags for the current compiler. The project is now
+ responsible to use the :module:`CheckIPOSupported` module to check for IPO
+ support before enabling the target property. See policy :policy:`CMP0069`.