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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/deprecate-CMakeForceCompiler.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake | 18 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/deprecate-CMakeForceCompiler.rst b/Help/release/dev/deprecate-CMakeForceCompiler.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc6e817 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/deprecate-CMakeForceCompiler.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +deprecate-CMakeForceCompiler +---------------------------- + +* The :module:`CMakeForceCompiler` module and its macros are now deprecated. + See module documentation for an explanation. diff --git a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake index 1d8b110..343ab3f 100644 --- a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake +++ b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake @@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ # CMakeForceCompiler # ------------------ # +# Deprecated. Do not use. # +# The macros provided by this module were once intended for use by +# cross-compiling toolchain files when CMake was not able to automatically +# detect the compiler identification. Since the introduction of this module, +# CMake's compiler identification capabilities have improved and can now be +# taught to recognize any compiler. Furthermore, the suite of information +# CMake detects from a compiler is now too extensive to be provided by +# toolchain files using these macros. # -# This module defines macros intended for use by cross-compiling -# toolchain files when CMake is not able to automatically detect the -# compiler identification. +# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Macro CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER has the following signature: # @@ -64,6 +70,8 @@ # License text for the above reference.) macro(CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER compiler id) + message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " + "Instead just set CMAKE_C_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID ${id}) @@ -76,6 +84,8 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) + message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " + "Instead just set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${id}) @@ -88,6 +98,8 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER compiler id) + message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " + "Instead just set CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID ${id}) |