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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0138.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0138.rst index 5cf3948..c7f0e2d 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0138.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0138.rst @@ -3,37 +3,7 @@ CMP0138 .. versionadded:: 3.24 -MSVC compilers use ``-ZI`` instead of ``/Zi`` for x86 and x64 by default. - -When using MSVC C/C++ compilers in CMake 3.23 and below, debug information -format flag ``/Zi`` is added to :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG` and -:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO` by default. The ``/Zi`` flag -produces a separate PDB file that contains all the symbolic debugging -information for use with the debugger, however, it does not support Edit -and Continue feature in a debugging session. - -CMake 3.24 and above adds ``-ZI`` to :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG` -and :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO` instead to enable Edit -and Continue by default. - -This policy provides compatibility with projects that have not been updated -to expect the lack of warning flags. The policy setting takes effect as of -the first :command:`project` or :command:`enable_language` command that -initializes :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG` and -:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO` for a given language -``<LANG>`` using MSVC compilers. - -.. note:: - - Once the policy has taken effect at the top of a project for a given - language, that choice must be used throughout the tree for that language. - In projects that have nested projects in subdirectories, be sure to - convert everything together. - -The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to place ``/Zi`` in the default -:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_DEBUG` and -:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO` cache entries. The ``NEW`` -behavior for this policy is to place ``-ZI`` in the default cache entries. +Placeholder for reverted policy. This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.24. Use the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly. |