[CMake] [cmake-developers] CMake 2.8.12-rc1 Released

[Robert Maynard]

Stephen is correct the issue is with the incorrect release notes that
I made. I will be updating the blog post with the corrected text, and
will make the change is included for all future 2.8.12 releases.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Stephen Kelly <steveire at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tuesday 20 August 2013, Robert Maynard wrote:
>>>  Introduced CMake Policy 21:
>>>   It is now an error to use relative paths to include_directories.
>>
>> Why is this necessary ?
>> The documentation for this policy says:
>> "The base path for such relative entries is not well defined."
>>
>> I don't understand this.
>> Why isn't it simply interpreted as relative to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
>> in the CMakeLists.txt where the property is set ?
>> include_directories(), link_directories() and I think more or less all
>> other commands interpret relative paths as relative to
>> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}.
>
> I think the bug is in the release notes entry.
>
> This relates to commit eabefa8b02b399b00aea83185b6b364ab5b6aa3d.
>
> Relative paths can still be used with the include_directories() command.
> This relates mostly to using set_property and using generator expressions
> where the base path is not well-defined until generate-time.
>
> Maybe a better release notes entry would be
>
> - It is now an error to add relative paths to the INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES target
> property.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve.
>
>
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