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Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake index 343ab3f..faa0dc5 100644 --- a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake +++ b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ # CMakeForceCompiler # ------------------ # -# Deprecated. Do not use. +# Discouraged. Avoid using this module if possible. It will be deprecated +# by a future version of CMake once alternatives have been provided for all +# toolchain file use cases. # # The macros provided by this module were once intended for use by # cross-compiling toolchain files when CMake was not able to automatically @@ -12,6 +14,12 @@ # CMake detects from a compiler is now too extensive to be provided by # toolchain files using these macros. # +# The only known remaining use case for these macros is to write toolchain +# files for cross-compilers that cannot link binaries without special flags or +# custom linker scripts. These macros cause CMake to skip checks it normally +# performs as part of enabling a language and introspecting the toolchain. +# However, skipping these checks may limit some generation functionality. +# # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Macro CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER has the following signature: @@ -70,8 +78,6 @@ # 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 ${id}) @@ -84,8 +90,6 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) - message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " - "Instead just set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${id}) @@ -98,8 +102,6 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER compiler id) - message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " - "Instead just set CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID ${id}) |