| CMP0008 |
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| Libraries linked by full-path must have a valid library file name. |
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| In CMake 2.4 and below it is possible to write code like |
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| :: |
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| target_link_libraries(myexe /full/path/to/somelib) |
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| where ``somelib`` is supposed to be a valid library file name such as |
| ``libsomelib.a`` or ``somelib.lib``. For Makefile generators this |
| produces an error at build time because the dependency on the full |
| path cannot be found. For :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` IDE |
| and :generator:`Xcode` generators this used to |
| work by accident because CMake would always split off the library |
| directory and ask the linker to search for the library by name |
| (``-lsomelib`` or ``somelib.lib``). Despite the failure with Makefiles, some |
| projects have code like this and build only with Visual Studio and/or Xcode. |
| This version of CMake prefers to pass the full path directly to the |
| native build tool, which will fail in this case because it does not |
| name a valid library file. |
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| This policy determines what to do with full paths that do not appear |
| to name a valid library file. The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to |
| split the library name from the path and ask the linker to search for |
| it. The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to trust the given path and |
| pass it directly to the native build tool unchanged. |
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| This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.6.1. CMake version |
| |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. |
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| .. include:: DEPRECATED.txt |
