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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/add_test.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/3.18.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_test.rst b/Help/command/add_test.rst index c0677d2..a77ba37 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_test.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_test.rst @@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ Add a test to the project to be run by :manual:`ctest(1)`. [WORKING_DIRECTORY <dir>] [COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS]) -Adds a test called ``<name>``. The test name may contain arbitrary -characters except for double-quotes. However, if it contains spaces -or semicolons it must be enclosed in double-quotes. The options are: +Adds a test called ``<name>``. The test name may not contain spaces, +quotes, or other characters special in CMake syntax. The options are: ``COMMAND`` Specify the test command-line. If ``<command>`` specifies an diff --git a/Help/release/3.18.rst b/Help/release/3.18.rst index 427840e..ba80d2b 100644 --- a/Help/release/3.18.rst +++ b/Help/release/3.18.rst @@ -332,3 +332,10 @@ Changes made since CMake 3.18.0 include the following. architecture (the Xcode ``ARCHS`` setting). This is needed for Xcode 12 to select the host's architecture, which older versions of Xcode did by default. + +* In CMake 3.18.0 the :command:`add_test` command learned to support + special characters in test names. This was accidentally left out of + its release notes. Unfortunately the fix breaks existing projects + that were using manual quoting or escaping to work around the prior + limitation. This fix has been reverted in 3.18.1, but may be + re-introduced in future versions of CMake with a policy for compatibility. |