CMake/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
Brad King 88eb5824da try_compile: Pass linker flags into test project (#14066)
Copy CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS into the test project generated by
try_compile, just like we already copy CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS.

Add CMake Policy CMP0056 to activate this behavior in a compatible way,
but do not warn by default when the policy is not set since it will
affect all try_compile calls.

Extend the RunCMake.try_compile test with a case covering this behavior
for each policy setting.
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.. cmake-manual-description: CMake Policies Reference
cmake-policies(7)
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.. only:: html
.. contents::
Introduction
============
Policies in CMake are used to preserve backward compatible behavior
across multiple releases. When a new policy is introduced, newer CMake
versions will begin to warn about the backward compatible behavior. It
is possible to disable the warning by explicitly requesting the OLD, or
backward compatible behavior using the :command:`cmake_policy` command.
It is also possible to request ``NEW``, or non-backward compatible behavior
for a policy, also avoiding the warning. Each policy can also be set to
either ``NEW`` or ``OLD`` behavior explicitly on the command line with the
:variable:`CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP<NNNN>` variable.
Note that policies are not reliable feature toggles. A policy should
almost never be set to ``OLD``, except to silence warnings in an otherwise
frozen or stable codebase, or temporarily as part of a larger migration
path. The ``OLD`` behavior of each policy is undesirable and will be
replaced with an error condition in a future release.
The :command:`cmake_minimum_required` command does more than report an
error if a too-old version of CMake is used to build a project. It
also sets all policies introduced in that CMake version or earlier to
``NEW`` behavior. To manage policies without increasing the minimum required
CMake version, the :command:`if(POLICY)` command may be used:
.. code-block:: cmake
if(POLICY CMP0990)
cmake_policy(SET CMP0990 NEW)
endif()
This has the effect of using the ``NEW`` behavior with newer CMake releases which
users may be using and not issuing a compatibility warning.
The setting of a policy is confined in some cases to not propagate to the
parent scope. For example, if the files read by the :command:`include` command
or the :command:`find_package` command contain a use of :command:`cmake_policy`,
that policy setting will not affect the caller by default. Both commands accept
an optional ``NO_POLICY_SCOPE`` keyword to control this behavior.
The :variable:`CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION` variable may also be used
to determine whether to report an error on use of deprecated macros or
functions.
All Policies
============
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/policy/CMP0000
/policy/CMP0001
/policy/CMP0002
/policy/CMP0003
/policy/CMP0004
/policy/CMP0005
/policy/CMP0006
/policy/CMP0007
/policy/CMP0008
/policy/CMP0009
/policy/CMP0010
/policy/CMP0011
/policy/CMP0012
/policy/CMP0013
/policy/CMP0014
/policy/CMP0015
/policy/CMP0016
/policy/CMP0017
/policy/CMP0018
/policy/CMP0019
/policy/CMP0020
/policy/CMP0021
/policy/CMP0022
/policy/CMP0023
/policy/CMP0024
/policy/CMP0025
/policy/CMP0026
/policy/CMP0027
/policy/CMP0028
/policy/CMP0029
/policy/CMP0030
/policy/CMP0031
/policy/CMP0032
/policy/CMP0033
/policy/CMP0034
/policy/CMP0035
/policy/CMP0036
/policy/CMP0037
/policy/CMP0038
/policy/CMP0039
/policy/CMP0040
/policy/CMP0041
/policy/CMP0042
/policy/CMP0043
/policy/CMP0044
/policy/CMP0045
/policy/CMP0046
/policy/CMP0047
/policy/CMP0048
/policy/CMP0049
/policy/CMP0050
/policy/CMP0051
/policy/CMP0052
/policy/CMP0053
/policy/CMP0054
/policy/CMP0055
/policy/CMP0056