CMake/Help/policy/CMP0040.rst
Brad King 482a3bf3f0 Help: Document explicitly that policy OLD behavior is deprecated
The most likely documentation page a project author will read in
response to a policy warning is the page for the policy itself.
Add to every policy documentation page a note explicitly stating
that the OLD behavior is deprecated.  Also mention this in the
cmake_policy() command documentation that explains how to set a
policy to OLD.

Suggested-by: Fraser Hutchison <fraser.hutchison@gmail.com>
2015-06-09 09:29:41 -04:00

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CMP0040
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The target in the TARGET signature of add_custom_command() must exist.
CMake 2.8.12 and lower silently ignored a custom command created with
the TARGET signature of :command:`add_custom_command`
if the target is unknown.
The OLD behavior for this policy is to ignore custom commands
for unknown targets. The NEW behavior for this policy is to report an error
if the target referenced in :command:`add_custom_command` is unknown.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0. 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.
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt