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4 Module: $RCSfile: cmCMakeMinimumRequired.h,v $
6 Date: $Date: 2008-03-13 21:32:13 $
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17 #ifndef cmCMakeMinimumRequired_h
18 #define cmCMakeMinimumRequired_h
20 #include "cmCommand.h"
22 /** \class cmCMakeMinimumRequired
23 * \brief Build a CMAKE variable
25 * cmCMakeMinimumRequired sets a variable to a value with expansion.
27 class cmCMakeMinimumRequired
: public cmCommand
31 * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
33 virtual cmCommand
* Clone()
35 return new cmCMakeMinimumRequired
;
39 * This is called when the command is first encountered in
40 * the CMakeLists.txt file.
42 virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector
<std::string
> const& args
,
43 cmExecutionStatus
&status
);
46 * This determines if the command is invoked when in script mode.
48 virtual bool IsScriptable() { return true; }
51 * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt.
53 virtual const char* GetName() {return "cmake_minimum_required";}
56 * Succinct documentation.
58 virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
60 return "Set the minimum required version of cmake for a project.";
66 virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
69 " cmake_minimum_required(VERSION major[.minor[.patch]]\n"
71 "If the current version of CMake is lower than that required "
72 "it will stop processing the project and report an error. "
73 "When a version higher than 2.4 is specified the command implicitly "
75 " cmake_policy(VERSION major[.minor[.patch]])\n"
76 "which sets the cmake policy version level to the version specified. "
77 "When version 2.4 or lower is given the command implicitly invokes\n"
78 " cmake_policy(VERSION 2.4)\n"
79 "which enables compatibility features for CMake 2.4 and lower.\n"
80 "The FATAL_ERROR option is accepted but ignored. It is left from "
81 "CMake versions 2.4 and lower in which failure to meet the minimum "
82 "version was a warning by default.";
85 cmTypeMacro(cmCMakeMinimumRequired
, cmCommand
);