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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake index faa0dc5..d16d184 100644 --- a/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake +++ b/Modules/CMakeForceCompiler.cmake @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ # CMakeForceCompiler # ------------------ # -# 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. +# 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 @@ -14,11 +12,11 @@ # 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. +# One common use case for this module was to skip CMake's checks for a +# working compiler when using a cross-compiler that cannot link binaries +# without special flags or custom linker scripts. This case is now supported +# by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE` variable in the +# toolchain file instead. # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # @@ -78,6 +76,8 @@ # 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 ${id}) @@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) + message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " + "Instead just set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${id}) @@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ macro(CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER compiler id) endmacro() macro(CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER compiler id) + message(DEPRECATION "The CMAKE_FORCE_Fortran_COMPILER macro is deprecated. " + "Instead just set CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER and allow CMake to identify the compiler.") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "${compiler}") set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN TRUE) set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID ${id}) |