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| author | Robert Maynard <robert.maynard@kitware.com> | 2018-11-13 14:39:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2019-03-15 14:24:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 9bede5c4cecd71fba7ce6a0687c4a68e1c84a54b (patch) | |
| tree | 57e94c1e43b25ea3706b55cccff48d57b25dfc6d /Help/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY.rst | |
| parent | 0df31d99ae44e1e151feb4df977a4332833ea872 (diff) | |
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export: Disable PACKAGE mode user package registry by default
The user package registry populated by the `export()` command causes
side effects outside the build and source directories. Such effects
should be opt-in rather than op-out. Introduce a policy to change
default behavior of `export(PACKAGE)` to do nothing.
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3476a19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY.rst @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY +----------------------------- + +Enables the :command:`export(PACKAGE)` command when :policy:`CMP0090` +is set to ``NEW``. + +The :command:`export(PACKAGE)` command does nothing by default. In some cases +it is desirable to write to the user package registry, so the +``CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY`` variable may be set to enable it. + +If :policy:`CMP0090` is *not* set to ``NEW`` this variable does nothing, and +the :variable:`CMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable controls the behavior +instead. + +See also :ref:`Disabling the Package Registry`. |