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-rw-r--r--Modules/GenerateExportHeader.cmake47
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/GenerateExportHeader.cmake b/Modules/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
index 4ef14ac..b2fda09 100644
--- a/Modules/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
+++ b/Modules/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
# - Function for generation of export macros for libraries
-# This module provides the function GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER() and the
-# accompanying ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS() function.
+# This module provides the function GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER().
#
# The GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER function can be used to generate a file suitable
# for preprocessor inclusion which contains EXPORT macros to be used in
@@ -18,20 +17,17 @@
# [PREFIX_NAME <prefix_name>]
# )
#
-# ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS( [<output_variable>] )
+# The target properties CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET and VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN
+# can be used to add the appropriate compile flags for targets. See the
+# documentation of those target properties, and the convenience variables
+# CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET and CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN.
#
# By default GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER() generates macro names in a file name
-# determined by the name of the library. The ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS function
-# adds -fvisibility=hidden to CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS if supported, and is a no-op on
-# Windows which does not need extra compiler flags for exporting support. You
-# may optionally pass a single argument to ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS that will
-# be populated with the required CXX_FLAGS required to enable visibility support
-# for the compiler/architecture in use.
+# determined by the name of the library. This means that in the simplest case,
+# users of generate_export_header will be equivalent to:
#
-# This means that in the simplest case, users of these functions will be
-# equivalent to:
-#
-# add_compiler_export_flags()
+# set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+# set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN 1)
# add_library(somelib someclass.cpp)
# generate_export_header(somelib)
# install(TARGETS somelib DESTINATION ${LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIR})
@@ -128,6 +124,20 @@
# generate_export_header(somelib PREFIX_NAME VTK_)
#
# Generates the macros VTK_SOMELIB_EXPORT etc.
+#
+#
+# ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS( [<output_variable>] )
+#
+# The ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS function
+# adds -fvisibility=hidden to CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS if supported, and is a no-op on
+# Windows which does not need extra compiler flags for exporting support. You
+# may optionally pass a single argument to ADD_COMPILER_EXPORT_FLAGS that will
+# be populated with the required CXX_FLAGS required to enable visibility support
+# for the compiler/architecture in use.
+#
+# This function is deprecated. Set the target properties CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET
+# and VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN instead.
+#
#=============================================================================
# Copyright 2011 Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>
@@ -326,6 +336,17 @@ function(GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER TARGET_LIBRARY)
endfunction()
function(add_compiler_export_flags)
+ if(NOT CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2.8.12)
+ if(CMAKE_WARN_DEPRECATED)
+ set(messageType WARNING)
+ endif()
+ if(CMAKE_ERROR_DEPRECATED)
+ set(messageType FATAL_ERROR)
+ endif()
+ if(messageType)
+ message(${messageType} "The add_compiler_export_flags function is obsolete. Use the CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET and VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN target properties instead.")
+ endif()
+ endif()
_test_compiler_hidden_visibility()
_test_compiler_has_deprecated()