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CMake 3.16 Release Notes
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Changes made since CMake 3.15 include the following.
New Features
============
Languages
---------
* CMake learned to support the Objective C (``OBJC``) and Objective C++
(``OBJCXX``) languages. They may be enabled via the :command:`project`
and :command:`enable_language` commands. When ``OBJC`` or ``OBJCXX``
is enabled, source files with the ``.m`` or ``.mm``, respectively,
will be compiled as Objective C or C++. Otherwise they will be treated
as plain C++ sources as they were before.
Compilers
---------
* The ``Clang`` compiler is now supported on ``Solaris``.
Platforms
---------
* On AIX, executables using the :prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS` target property
now produce a linker import file with a ``.imp`` extension in addition
to the executable file. Plugins (created via :command:`add_library` with
the ``MODULE`` option) that use :command:`target_link_libraries` to link
to the executable for its symbols are now linked using the import file.
The :command:`install(TARGETS)` command now installs the import file as
an ``ARCHIVE`` artifact.
* On AIX, runtime linking is no longer enabled by default. CMake provides
the linker enough information to resolve all symbols up front.
One may manually enable runtime linking for shared libraries and/or
loadable modules by adding ``-Wl,-G`` to their link flags
(e.g. in the :variable:`CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS` or
:variable:`CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS` variable).
One may manually enable runtime linking for executables by adding
``-Wl,-brtl`` to their link flags (e.g. in the
:variable:`CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS` variable).
Command-Line
------------
* :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E`` now supports ``true`` and ``false`` commands,
which do nothing while returning exit codes of 0 and 1, respectively.
* :manual:`cmake(1)` gained a ``--trace-redirect=<file>`` command line
option that can be used to redirect ``--trace`` output to a file instead
of ``stderr``.
* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``--loglevel`` command line option has been
renamed to ``--log-level`` to make it consistent with the naming of other
command line options. The ``--loglevel`` option is still supported to
preserve backward compatibility.
Commands
--------
* The :command:`add_test` command learned the option ``COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS``
which causes lists in the ``COMMAND`` argument to be expanded, including
lists created by generator expressions.
* The :command:`file` command learned a new sub-command,
``GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES``, which allows you to recursively get the list of
libraries linked by an executable or library. This sub-command is intended as
a replacement for :module:`GetPrerequisites`.
* The :command:`find_file`, :command:`find_library`, :command:`find_path`,
:command:`find_package`, and :command:`find_program` commands have learned to
check the following variables to control the default behavior for groups of
search locations:
* :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_ROOT_PATH` - Controls the default
behavior of searching the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` variables.
* :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH` - Controls the default
behavior of searching the CMake-specific environment variables.
* :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH` - Controls the default
behavior of searching the standard system environment variables.
* :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_PATH` - Controls the default behavior of
searching the CMake-specific cache variables.
* :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH` - Controls the default
behavior of searching the platform-specific CMake variables.
* The :command:`find_package` command has learned to check the
:variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable to control the default
behavior of searching the CMake user package registry.
* The :command:`message` command learned indentation control with the new
:variable:`CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT` variable.
* The :command:`target_precompile_headers` command was added to specify
a list of headers to precompile for faster compilation times.
Variables
---------
* The :variable:`CMAKE_CUDA_RESOLVE_DEVICE_SYMBOLS` variable has been
introduced to optionally initialize the
:prop_tgt:`CUDA_RESOLVE_DEVICE_SYMBOLS` target property.
* The :variable:`CMAKE_ECLIPSE_RESOURCE_ENCODING` variable was added to
specify the resource encoding for the the :generator:`Eclipse CDT4` extra
generator.
* The :variable:`CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD` variable was added to initialize the
:prop_tgt:`UNITY_BUILD` target property to tell generators to batch
include source files for faster compilation times.
Properties
----------
* The :prop_tgt:`BUILD_RPATH` and :prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH` target properties
now support :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
* The :prop_tgt:`INSTALL_REMOVE_ENVIRONMENT_RPATH` target property was
added to remove compiler-defined ``RPATH`` entries from a target.
This property is initialized by the
:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_REMOVE_ENVIRONMENT_RPATH` variable.
* The :prop_tgt:`PRECOMPILE_HEADERS` target property was added to specify
a list of headers to precompile for faster compilation times.
Set it using the :command:`target_precompile_headers` command.
* The :prop_tgt:`UNITY_BUILD` target property was added to tell
generators to batch include source files for faster compilation
times.
* The :prop_tgt:`VS_CONFIGURATION_TYPE` target property now supports
:manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
* The :prop_tgt:`VS_DPI_AWARE` target property was added to tell
:ref:`Visual Studio Generators` to set the ``EnableDpiAwareness``
property in ``.vcxproj`` files.
* The :prop_tgt:`XCODE_SCHEME_DEBUG_DOCUMENT_VERSIONING` target property was
added to tell the :generator:`Xcode` generator to set the value of the
``Allow debugging when using document Versions Browser`` schema option.
Modules
-------
* The :module:`FindDoxygen` module :command:`doxygen_add_docs` command
gained a new ``USE_STAMP_FILE`` option. When this option present,
the custom target created by the command will only re-run Doxygen if
any of the source files have changed since the last successful run.
* The :module:`FindGnuTLS` module now provides an imported target.
* The :module:`FindPackageHandleStandardArgs` module
:command:`find_package_handle_standard_args` command gained
a new ``REASON_FAILURE_MESSAGE`` option to specify a message
giving the reason for the failure.
* The :module:`FindPkgConfig` module :command:`pkg_search_module` macro
now defines a ``<prefix>_MODULE_NAME`` result variable containing the
first matching module name.
* The :module:`FindPython3` and :module:`FindPython` modules gained
options to control which ``ABIs`` will be searched.
* The :module:`FindPython3`, :module:`FindPython2`, and :module:`FindPython`
modules now support direct specification of artifacts via cache entries.
Autogen
-------
* When using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC`, CMake now generates the ``-p`` path prefix
option for ``moc``. This ensures that ``moc`` output files are identical
on different build setups (given, that the headers compiled by ``moc`` are
in an :command:`include directory <target_include_directories>`).
Also it ensures that ``moc`` output files will compile correctly when the
source and/or build directory is a symbolic link.
The ``moc`` path prefix generation behavior can be configured by setting
the new :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_PATH_PREFIX` variable and/or
:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_PATH_PREFIX` target property.
CTest
-----
* :manual:`ctest(1)` now has the ability to serialize tests based on hardware
requirements for each test. See :ref:`ctest-hardware-allocation` for
details.
* A new test property, :prop_test:`SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION`, has been added.
This property is similar to :prop_test:`FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION` and
:prop_test:`PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION`, but with the same meaning as
:prop_test:`SKIP_RETURN_CODE`. This is useful, for example, in cases where
the user has no control over the return code of the test. For example, in
Catch2, the return value is the number of assertion failed, therefore it is
impossible to use it for :prop_test:`SKIP_RETURN_CODE`.
CPack
-----
* CPack variable :variable:`CPACK_INSTALL_CMAKE_CONFIGURATIONS` was added to
control what configurations are to be packaged for multi-configuration
CMake generators.
* The :cpack_gen:`CPack DEB Generator` is now able to format generic text
(usually used as the description for multiple CPack generators) according
to the `Debian Policy Manual`_. See the
:variable:`CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE` and
:variable:`CPACK_DEBIAN_<COMPONENT>_DESCRIPTION` variables.
* The :cpack_gen:`CPack Archive Generator` learned to generate ``.tar.zst``
packages with Zstandard compression.
.. _`Debian Policy Manual`: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#description
Deprecated and Removed Features
===============================
* An explicit deprecation diagnostic was added for policy ``CMP0067``
(``CMP0066`` and below were already deprecated).
The :manual:`cmake-policies(7)` manual explains that the OLD behaviors
of all policies are deprecated and that projects should port to the
NEW behaviors.
* The :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable has been
deprecated. Use the :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable
instead.
* The :module:`GetPrerequisites` module has been deprecated, as it has been
superceded by :command:`file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)`.
* The ``CPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPT`` variable has been deprecated in favor of the
new, more accurately named :variable:`CPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS` variable.
Other Changes
=============
* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-C <initial-cache>`` option now evaluates the
initial cache script with :variable:`CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR` and
:variable:`CMAKE_BINARY_DIR` set to the top-level source and build trees.
* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E remove_directory`` command-line tool,
when given the path to a symlink to a directory, now removes just
the symlink. It no longer removes content of the linked directory.
* The :manual:`ctest(1)` ``--build-makeprogram`` command-line option now
specifies the make program used when configuring a project with the
:generator:`Ninja` generator or the :ref:`Makefile Generators`.
* The :module:`ExternalProject` module :command:`ExternalProject_Add` command
has been updated so that ``GIT_SUBMODULES ""`` initializes no submodules.
See policy :policy:`CMP0097`.
* The :module:`FindGTest` module has been updated to recognize
MSVC build trees generated by GTest 1.8.1.
* The :command:`project` command no longer strips leading zeros in version
components. See policy :policy:`CMP0096`.
* The Qt Compressed Help file is now named ``CMake.qch``, which no longer
contains the release version in the file name. When CMake is upgraded
in-place, the name and location of this file will remain constant.
Tools such as IDEs, help viewers, etc. should now be able to refer to this
file at a fixed location that remains valid across CMake upgrades.
* ``RPATH`` entries are properly escaped in the generated CMake scripts
used for installation. See policy :policy:`CMP0095`.
* When using :variable:`CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS` on Windows the
auto-generated exports are now updated only when the object files
providing the symbols are updated.
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