> Users of the old function cannot use the new syntax in older cmake versions
The new cmake_minimum_required syntax of MIN...POLICY_MAX is entirely backwards compatible and will just be ignored by cmake < 3.12. On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 1:14 AM Hendrik Sattler <p...@hendrik-sattler.de> wrote: > > It would actually make even more sense to rename cmake_minimum_required() to > cmake_version_required() with the new syntax or something similar. Users of > the old function cannot use the new syntax in older cmake versions and the > old name does not actually fit the new functionality. > > > Am 30. Juni 2018 00:05:25 MESZ schrieb "Alan W. Irwin" > <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>: > >On 2018-06-29 14:46-0400 Robert Maynard wrote: > >[...] > >> * The "cmake_minimum_required()" and "cmake_policy(VERSION)" > >> commands now accept a version range using the form > >> "<min>[...<max>]". The "<min>" version is required but policies are > >> set based on the "<max>" version. This allows projects to specify a > >> range of versions for which they have been updated and avoid > >> explicit policy settings. > >[...] > > > >I suggest the following change to the above description: > > > >but policies are set based on the "<max>" version. > > > >==> > > > >but policies are set based on the minimum of the running CMake and > >"<max>" versions. > > > >I prefer the latter because it immediately answers the question implied > >by the former, i.e., > >what happens if the running version is less than max? > > > >Alan > >__________________________ > >Alan W. Irwin > > > >Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state > >implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time > >Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting > >software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project > >(unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); > >and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). > >__________________________ > > > >Linux-powered Science > >__________________________ > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
