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diff --git a/share/cmake-3.2/Help/policy/CMP0008.rst b/share/cmake-3.2/Help/policy/CMP0008.rst deleted file mode 100755 index b118ece..0000000 --- a/share/cmake-3.2/Help/policy/CMP0008.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -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 - -:: - - target_link_libraries(myexe /full/path/to/somelib) - -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. - -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. - -This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.6.1. CMake version -|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use -the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly. |