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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2023-03-16 13:05:55 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2023-03-16 13:06:04 (GMT)
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9e1b30121f Help:toolchain: refer to CheckSourceCompiles cf48022dc5 Help:Check*: include CMAKE_REQUIRED_* vars to dedupe Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !8300
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@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ Check whether the CXX compiler supports a given flag.
a diagnostic. Stores the result in an internal cache entry
named ``<var>``.
-This command temporarily sets the ``CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS`` variable
-and calls the ``check_cxx_source_compiles`` macro from the
-:module:`CheckCXXSourceCompiles` module. See documentation of that
-module for a listing of variables that can otherwise modify the build.
-
A positive result from this check indicates only that the compiler did not
issue a diagnostic message when given the flag. Whether the flag has any
effect or even a specific one is beyond the scope of this module.