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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2022-04-01 14:04:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2022-04-01 14:06:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 9993774172f62ec7b0b69efc232e0a9fbc894394 (patch) | |
| tree | 666405eff1d1a7da2eca0709cbbb7e93c1912235 /Help | |
| parent | 99fc8f152ce3a5d4b7e5d74013067f7cce2f2527 (diff) | |
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Help: Clarify when policy CMP0112 takes effect
Fixes: #23381
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/policy/CMP0112.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst index 313a51e..5b00d07 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0112.rst @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ file name components no longer add a dependency on the evaluated target. In CMake 3.18 and lower a dependency on the evaluated target of the above generator expressions would always be added. CMake 3.19 and above prefer to not add this dependency. This policy provides compatibility for projects -that have not been updated to expect the new behavior. +that have not been updated to expect the new behavior. The policy setting +is recorded on each target when it is created, and decides whether generator +expressions referencing that target imply a dependency on it. The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to add a dependency on the evaluated target for the above generator expressions. The ``NEW`` behavior of |