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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0037.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0037.rst index 9f8457c62..d1afeb7c2 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0037.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0037.rst @@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ diagnostics expect target names to match a restricted pattern. Target names may contain upper and lower case letters, numbers, the underscore character (_), dot(.), plus(+) and minus(-). As a special case, ALIAS -targets and IMPORTED targets may contain two consequtive colons. +targets and IMPORTED targets may contain two consecutive colons. Target names reserved by one or more CMake generators are not allowed. -Among others these include "all", "help" and "test". +Among others these include "all", "clean", "help", and "install". + +Target names associated with optional features, such as "test" and "package", +may also be reserved. CMake 3.10 and below always reserve them. CMake 3.11 +and above reserve them only when the corresponding feature is enabled +(e.g. by including the :module:`CTest` or :module:`CPack` modules). The OLD behavior for this policy is to allow creating targets with reserved names or which do not match the validity pattern. |