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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0028.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0028.rst index be57125d4..ab3822993 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0028.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0028.rst @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ CMP0028 ------- -Double colon in target name means ALIAS or IMPORTED target. +Double colon in target name means ``ALIAS`` or ``IMPORTED`` target. CMake 2.8.12 and lower allowed the use of targets and files with double -colons in target_link_libraries, with some buildsystem generators. +colons in :command:`target_link_libraries`, with some buildsystem generators. -The use of double-colons is a common pattern used to namespace IMPORTED -targets and ALIAS targets. When computing the link dependencies of a target, -the name of each dependency could either be a target, or a file on disk. -Previously, if a target was not found with a matching name, the name was -considered to refer to a file on disk. This can lead to confusing error +The use of double-colons is a common pattern used to namespace ``IMPORTED`` +targets and ``ALIAS`` targets. When computing the link dependencies of +a target, the name of each dependency could either be a target, or a file +on disk. Previously, if a target was not found with a matching name, the name +was considered to refer to a file on disk. This can lead to confusing error messages if there is a typo in what should be a target name. -The OLD behavior for this policy is to search for targets, then files on disk, -even if the search term contains double-colons. The NEW behavior for this -policy is to issue a FATAL_ERROR if a link dependency contains -double-colons but is not an IMPORTED target or an ALIAS target. +The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to search for targets, then files on +disk, even if the search term contains double-colons. The ``NEW`` behavior +for this policy is to issue a ``FATAL_ERROR`` if a link dependency contains +double-colons but is not an ``IMPORTED`` target or an ``ALIAS`` target. This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0. CMake version -|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use -the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly. +|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use +the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly. .. include:: DEPRECATED.txt |