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diff --git a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx index 64caf25..1b9ab96 100644 --- a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx +++ b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx @@ -281,6 +281,32 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies() "The NEW behavior for this policy is to correctly count empty " "elements in a list. ", 2,6,0, cmPolicies::WARN); + + this->DefinePolicy( + CMP0008, "CMP0008", + "Libraries linked by full-path must have a valid library file name.", + "In CMake 2.4 and below it is possible to write code like\n" + " target_link_libraries(myexe /full/path/to/somelib)\n" + "where \"somelib\" is supposed to be a valid library file name " + "such as \"libsomelib.a\" or \"somelib.lib\". " + "For Makefile generators this produces an error at build time " + "because the dependency on the full path cannot be found. " + "For VS IDE and Xcode generators this used to work by accident because " + "CMake would always split off the library directory and ask the " + "linker to search for the library by name (-lsomelib or somelib.lib). " + "Despite the failure with Makefiles, some projects have code like this " + "and build only with VS and/or Xcode. " + "This version of CMake prefers to pass the full path directly to the " + "native build tool, which will fail in this case because it does " + "not name a valid library file." + "\n" + "This policy determines what to do with full paths that do not appear " + "to name a valid library file. " + "The OLD behavior for this policy is to split the library name from the " + "path and ask the linker to search for it. " + "The NEW behavior for this policy is to trust the given path and " + "pass it directly to the native build tool unchanged.", + 2,6,1, cmPolicies::WARN); } cmPolicies::~cmPolicies() |