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diff --git a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx index 872de47..c4b51b5 100644 --- a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx +++ b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx @@ -90,15 +90,22 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies() "A policy version number must be specified.", "CMake requires that projects specify the version of CMake to which " "they have been written. " - "This policy has been put in place to help CMake maintain backwards " - "compatibility with existing projects while allowing it to evolve " - "more rapidly.\n" + "This policy has been put in place to help existing projects build with " + "new CMake versions as it evolves. " "The easiest way to specify a policy version number is to " - "call the cmake_policy command at the top of your CMakeLists file:\n" + "call the cmake_minimum_required command at the top of " + "your CMakeLists.txt file:\n" + " cmake_minimum_required(VERSION <major>.<minor>)\n" + "where \"<major>.<minor>\" is the version of CMake you want to support " + "(such as \"2.6\"). " + "The command will ensure that at least the given version of CMake is " + "running and set the policy version. " + "See documentation of cmake_minimum_required for details. " + "The cmake_policy command may be used at any time to set the " + "policy version:\n" " cmake_policy(VERSION <major>.<minor>)\n" - "where <major>.<minor> is the version of CMake you want to support. " - "The cmake_minimum_required command may also be used; see its " - "documentation for details.", + "This is the recommended way to set the policy version except at " + "the very top of a project.", 2,6,0, cmPolicies::WARN ); |