| CMP0026 |
| ------- |
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| Disallow use of the LOCATION property for build targets. |
| |
| CMake 2.8.12 and lower allowed reading the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` target |
| property (and configuration-specific variants) to |
| determine the eventual location of build targets. This relies on the |
| assumption that all necessary information is available at |
| configure-time to determine the final location and filename of the |
| target. However, this property is not fully determined until later at |
| generate-time. At generate time, the :genex:`$<TARGET_FILE>` generator |
| expression can be used to determine the eventual :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` of a target |
| output. |
| |
| Code which reads the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` target property can be ported to |
| use the :genex:`$<TARGET_FILE>` generator expression together with the |
| :command:`file(GENERATE)` subcommand to generate a file containing |
| the target location. |
| |
| The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to allow reading the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` |
| properties from build-targets. The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to |
| not to allow reading the :prop_tgt:`LOCATION` properties from build-targets. |
| |
| .. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.0 |
| .. |WARNS_OR_DOES_NOT_WARN| replace:: warns |
| .. include:: STANDARD_ADVICE.txt |
| |
| .. include:: DEPRECATED.txt |
