CMake/Help/policy/CMP0087.rst
Brad King ad3c2c0b03 Help: Normalize and consolidate standard policy advice paragraph
Every policy's documentation has a paragraph on what version of CMake
introduced it, how to set the policy, and whether CMake warns if the
policy is not set.  The wording of this paragraph has diverged across
policies over time.  Factor the paragraph out into a standard advice
document included by every policy.
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CMP0087
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.. versionadded:: 3.14
:command:`install(CODE)` and :command:`install(SCRIPT)` support generator
expressions.
In CMake 3.13 and earlier, :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)` did not evaluate generator expressions. CMake 3.14
and later will evaluate generator expressions for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)`.
The ``OLD`` behavior of this policy is for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)` to not evaluate generator expressions. The ``NEW``
behavior is to evaluate generator expressions for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)`.
Note that it is the value of this policy setting at the end of the directory
scope that is important, not its setting at the time of the call to
:command:`install(CODE)` or :command:`install(SCRIPT)`. This has implications
for calling these commands from places that have their own policy scope but not
their own directory scope (e.g. from files brought in via :command:`include()`
rather than :command:`add_subdirectory()`).
.. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.14
.. |WARNS_OR_DOES_NOT_WARN| replace:: warns
.. include:: STANDARD_ADVICE.txt
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt