[cmake-developers] [CMake 0016087]: get_filename_component has incomplete documentation

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=16087 
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Reported By:                regnirpsj
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   16087
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2016-05-01 12:36 EDT
Last Modified:              2016-05-01 12:36 EDT
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Summary:                    get_filename_component has incomplete documentation
Description: 
documentation for 'get_filename_component' does not mention that absolute paths
are build with respect to 'CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR'. that is rather inconvenient when
trying to create an absolute path with respect to, say, 'CMAKE_BINARY_DIR' in an
out-of-tree build.

Additional Information: 
the dependency of 'get_filename_component' to 'CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR' was mentioned
in issue https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=2797.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2016-05-01 12:36 regnirpsj      New Issue                                    
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