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authorKyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com>2021-03-11 17:02:13 (GMT)
committerKyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com>2021-03-15 18:41:42 (GMT)
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Refactor: Add cmSystemTools::GetSystemName()
And use it for CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME and CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.
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+cmake-system-name-version
+-------------------------
+
+* :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME`'s undocumented version-stripping behavior
+ has been moved earlier, before :command:`project` or
+ :command:`enable_language` is called.
+* :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME`'s undocumented version-stripping behavior has
+ been removed entirely. If it is set by a ``-D`` flag or by a
+ :manual:`toolchain file <cmake-toolchains(7)>`, it is left unaltered, even if
+ it still contains a version number.