CMake Changelog

What's new in CMake 3.29.2

Apr 11, 2024

Changes made since CMake 3.29.1:
Brad King (4):
Tests/RunCMake/CompilerChange: Simplify test cases
Fix regression on reconfigure with unnormalized -DCMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER=
CMakePackageConfigHelpers: Restore undocumented PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR variable
CMake 3.29.2
Evan Wilde (1):
Swift: Ninja: Remove module dependency for executables
Kai Pastor (1):
FindJasper: Fix Jasper::Jasper IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS
Matthias Isele (2):
FindOpenSSL: Update layout for Shining Light Productions 32-bit package
FindOpenSSL: Update layout for Shining Light Productions debug libraries

New in CMake 3.29.1 (Apr 4, 2024)

New in CMake 3.29.0 (Mar 25, 2024)

New Features:
Command-Line:
cmake(1) -E cat can now print the standard input by passing the - argument.
Generators:
Visual Studio Generators now support selecting between the Intel oneAPI Fortran compiler (ifx) and the Intel classic Fortran compiler (ifort) using a fortran= field in CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.
File-Based API:
The cmake-file-api(7) "codemodel" version 2 version field has been updated to 2.7.
The cmake-file-api(7) "codemodel" version 2 "target" object gained a new "launchers" field.
Compilers:
The LLVM/Clang GNU-like frontend on Windows (clang++) may now be used to compile CUDA language sources.
Compilers targeting the GNU ABI on Windows (MinGW) may now be used to compile Objective C (OBJC) and Objective C++ (OBJCXX). These include GNU compilers (gcc and g++) and the LLVM/Clang GNU-like frontends (clang and clang++).
TI Clang-based compilers are now supported with compiler id TIClang.
Commands:
The add_custom_command(TARGET) signature now supports adding build events through Alias Targets.
The cmake_language(EXIT) sub-command was added to terminate cmake -P scripts with a specified exit code.
The export(SETUP) sub-command was added to configure export sets. Its TARGET option's XCFRAMEWORK_LOCATION setting specifies the location of a .xcframework that can be substituted for an installed target.
The if() command gained new tests IS_READABLE, IS_WRITABLE and IS_EXECUTABLE to check file or directory permissions.
Variables:
The CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX environment variable was added to provide a default value for the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable.
The CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE variable and corresponding LINKER_TYPE target property were added to specify what linker to use with some toolchains.
The CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER, CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_ID, CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_VERSION and CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_FRONTEND_VARIANT variables were added to describe the linker used by the language's link step.
The CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE, CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE_BEFORE, CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-NAME>_INCLUDE, and CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-NAME>_INCLUDE_BEFORE variables learned to support a semicolon-separated list of CMake language files to be included sequentially. These variables can also reference module names to be found in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH or builtin to CMake.
The CMAKE_SKIP_TEST_ALL_DEPENDENCY variable was added to control whether the test (or RUN_TESTS) buildsystem target depends on the all (or ALL_BUILD) target.
A CMAKE_TEST_LAUNCHER variable and corresponding TEST_LAUNCHER target property were added to specify a launcher to be used by executable targets when invoked by tests added by the add_test() command.
Properties:
The CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR target property now supports generator expressions.
The UNITY_BUILD target property now supports the Objective C (OBJC) and Objective C++ (OBJCXX) languages.
The XCODE_EMBED_XPC_SERVICES target property was added to tell the Xcode generator what targets to put in the Embed XPC Resources build phase.
Modules:
The CMakePackageConfigHelpers module gained new generate_apple_platform_selection_file() and generate_apple_architecture_selection_file() functions, which can be used to generate a file that includes another Apple-platform-specific file or the includes an architecture-specific implementation of a package for an Apple platform, respectively.
The FindOpenGL module learned to find a GLU include directory different than the GL include directory. A new OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIRS result variable provides all include directories.
CTest:
ctest(1) gained a --http-header option to add custom headers on submission to CDash.
ctest(1) gained the --tests-from-file and --exclude-from-file options to run or exclude tests named in a file.
ctest(1) now supports job server integration on POSIX systems.
The ctest -j option may now be given without a value to let ctest choose a default level of parallelism, or with 0 to let ctest use unbounded parallelism. The corresponding CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL environment variable, if set to the empty string, is now equivalent to passing -j with no value.
The ctest_test() command gained options INCLUDE_FROM_FILE and EXCLUDE_FROM_FILE to run or exclude tests named in a file.
CPack:
The CPack DEB Generator CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME variable may now be set without any suffix, and the .deb suffix will be added automatically.
The CPack RPM Generator CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME variable may now be set without any suffix, and the .rpm suffix will be added automatically.
The CPack WIX Generator gained a new variable, CPACK_WIX_INSTALL_SCOPE, to control the InstallScope property of WiX MSI installers.
Other Changes:
CMake learned to de-duplicate libraries on link lines based on linker capabilities. See policy CMP0156.
The add_test() command now honors CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR only when cross-compiling. See policy CMP0158.
On Windows, when targeting the MSVC ABI, the find_library() command now accepts .a file names after first considering .lib. This is symmetric with existing behavior when targeting the GNU ABI, in which the command accepts .lib file names after first considering .a.
On Windows, when targeting the MSVC ABI, the find_library() command now considers .dll.lib file names before .lib. This is the default suffix for DLL import libraries created by Rust toolchains for the MSVC ABI.
The Ninja and NMake Makefiles generators now use the -external:I flag for system includes when using IntelLLVM as of version 2021.4. The -external:W0 flag is also used as of version 2022.2.
The create_test_sourcelist() command now provides a full path to the generated driver source file.
The CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_DOMAINS variable now defaults to true. See policy CMP0161.
The CPack WIX Generator now produces WiX MSI installers that create start menu and uninstall entries for all users by default, as documented by the CPACK_WIX_INSTALL_SCOPE variable perMachine value. Previously, without a custom WiX template, it produced installers that would only create start menu and uninstall entries for the current user, even though they install for all users.

New in CMake 3.29.0 RC 4 (Mar 14, 2024)

Changes made since CMake 3.29.0-rc3:
Adrian Pop (1):
GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES: Allow more whitespace before objdump's "DLL Name:"
Alexander Neumann (1):
ASM_MARMASM: Remove broken partial support for preprocessor defines
Ben Boeckel (1):
Tests/CXXModules: add a test using `TARGET_OBJECTS` from modules
Brad King (20):
Tests: Generalize ctest tests-from-file test cases
ctest: Exit with failure when tests-from-file input is missing
Tests: Make ctest tests-from-file expected output more precise
ctest: Honor tests-from-file options with empty input
ctest: Remove unnecessary and ambiguous tests-from-file comment syntax
Help: Improve ctest tests-from-file documentation wording and wrapping
Tests: Convert CTestTestSerialOrder to RunCMake.ctest_test case
Tests: Convert CTestTestSkipReturnCode to RunCMake.ctest_test case
Tests: Remove unnecessary parallel suppression from CTestCoverageCollectGCOV
cmCTestMultiProcessHandler: Modernize member initialization
ctest: Allow passing -j without value to choose a contextual default
install(EXPORT): Drop REQUIRED from exported find_dependency calls
Tests: Update RunCMake.CompileFeatures for Xcode 15.3
Tests: Update RunCMake.CheckCompilerFlag for Xcode 15.3
gitlab-ci: update macOS jobs to use Xcode 15.3
LinkerId: Update detection of linker tool for Xcode 15.3
EXPORT_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES: Add experimental feature gate
Autogen: Restore target-ordering dependencies in Makefiles with DEPFILE
cmQtAutoGenInitializer: De-duplicate autogen/timestamp target depend logic
CMake 3.29.0-rc4
Charlie Savage (2):
FindRuby: Add support for 3.3
FindRuby: Fix finding Ruby 3.1+ on Windows
Craig Scott (1):
FetchContent: Don't leak temporary variable and restore var robustly
Marc Chevrier (4):
LINKER_TYPE: Document that linker tool should be in the PATH
LINKER_TYPE: fix spelling error in message
LINKER_TYPE: Support MOLD only on GCC versions that support it
Apple Text Based Stubs: should be usage in subdirectories
scivision (1):
Help: Convert http URLs to https

New in CMake 3.29.0 RC 3 (Mar 5, 2024)

New in CMake 3.29.0 RC 2 (Feb 23, 2024)

Ben Boeckel (21):
cmDyndepCollation: collapse full path before looking up
Tests/CXXModules: support testing rebuild conditions
cxxmodules: return failure from the collator when private usage is found
Tests/CXXModules: test that objects depend on their modmap files
cxxmodules: depend on the modmap contents
cmNinjaTargetGenerator: use `emplace_back` for scanning deps
Tests/CXXModules: test that objects depend on dependent modules json files
cmNinjaTargetGenerator: scanning depends on the module metadata
Tests/CXXModules: add a test to ensure that `restat` works for collation
Ninja: make the collator rule use `restat = 1`
Tests/CXXModules: document `CMake_TEST_MODULE_COMPILATION` items
Tests/CXXModules: support building a project with `Ninja`
Tests/CXXModules: add a test importing from a `Ninja` install
cmGeneratorTarget: store synthetic targets in its cache
Tests/CXXModules: add a test with transitive targets
cmTarget: copy link libraries from the right properties
Tests/CXXModules: test transitive modules usage
cmExportFileGenerator: export link libraries as-is
cmGeneratorTarget: discover synthetic targets recursively
Tests/CXXModules: test `cxx_std_20` coming from a dependency
Clang: detect -resource-dir for clang-scan-deps
Brad King (12):
Tests: Remove unnecessary RunCMake.cmake_language expected result files
cmake_language: Fix EXIT inside control flow blocks
librhash: aligned_alloc is not available with glibc < 2.15
Tests/CommandLength: Refactor test commands to reduce test run time
ci: update to WiX 3.14.0.8606 release
VS: Verify toolset version= field format more strictly
VS: Fix '-T version=14.40' under VS 17.10 preview 1
Tests: Fix BuildDepends on macOS arm64 without rosetta
Help: Modernize BUILD_SHARED_LIBS documentation
Tests: Update RunCMake.TargetObjects cmake_minimum_required version
Restore support for TARGET_OBJECTS in link interfaces with unity builds
CMake 3.29.0-rc2
Craig Scott (1):
Help: Advise calling option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) early enough
Johannes Schultz (1):
Help: Fix example for return command
Robert Maynard (1):
Help: Explicitly discourage absolute install destinations
Ruslan Baratov (1):
IPO: Support duplicate object names in large archives

New in CMake 3.28.3 (Feb 6, 2024)

New in CMake 3.28.2 (Jan 30, 2024)

Ben Boeckel (12):
cmNinjaTargetGenerator: use scan flag for modmap usage inexported commands
cmDyndepCollation: clarify CXX_MODULES-without-BMI error message
Help: update lua.org links to be HTTPS
ExternalProject: revert `BYPRODUCTS` for download outputs
Tests/CXXModules: add a test with unity build support
cmGlobalGenerator: add unity sources after computing target compile features
cmLocalGenerator: ignore scanned sources for unity builds
cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator: fix typo in flag name
Tests/CXXModules: add a test case for VS generation without flags
cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator: always specify scanning
Tests/CXXModules/scan_properties: use `ixx` extension
cxxmodules: make export trampoline script files unique
Brad King (12):
FindBoost: Add support for Boost 1.84
zlib: Update script to get zlib 1.2.13
CUDA/Clang: Update architectures supported by CUDA 12
CUDA/Clang: Record architectures supported by Clang 16
Source: Simplify hasher object construction
Tests: Add missing include in testUVProcessChainHelper on Windows
cmUVProcessChain: Simplify builder initialization
cmUVProcessChain: Simplify SetExternalStream usage
cmUVProcessChain: Tolerate fileno() of invalid FILE stream
Revert use of libuv for process execution for 3.28
FindFreetype: Revert use of upstream freetype cmake package
CMake 3.28.2
Craig Scott (7):
Help: Fix typo not accounting for addition of visionOS
Help: Note CMAKE_IOS_INSTALL_COMBINED deprecation in toolchains example
Help: Update missed text for dynamically generated resource spec files
Help: Use for non-keyword arguments in property command signatures
Help: Use consistently in property getter commands
Help: Add missing DIRECTORY keyword to set_tests_properties() signature
Help: Fix wrong return values for unset inherited properties
Florian Weimer (1):
Tests: Improve C compatibility of LoadCommand tests
Gergely Meszaros (2):
HIP: Really forward CMAKE_HIP_HOST_COMPILER in check_language(HIP)
HIP: Propagate CMAKE_HIP_PLATFORM from/to the test project in check_language
Hermann von Kleist (8):
FindMatlab: Restore support for versions without VersionInfo.xml
FindMatlab: use correct registry view when extracting versions
FindMatlab: Restore support for finding EXACT major.minor version
FindMatlab: matlab_get_release_name_from_version is a function now
FindMatlab: Document all registry paths for version lookup
FindMatlab: Fix error message from function
FindMatlab: Some versions use major.minor.patch in the registry
FindMatlab: Document that version mappings do not apply to MCR
Jason E. Hale (1):
UsePkgConfig: Restore removal of trailing whitespace from pkg-config output
Marc Chevrier (3):
Xcode: Restore support for standalone IMPORTED_LOCATION_
Ninja: LINK_OPTIONS property should support newlines
Help: string(LENGTH): Fix synopsis link to command description
Matheus Izvekov (1):
cxxmodules: compute link information for C++ module-consuming targets
Orkun Tokdemir (4):
Makefile: Reduce string copies
Makefile: Fix double escaping when DEPFILE is used
cmQtAutoGenInitializer: Improve Const-correctness
Autogen: Forward dependencies when both Makefile and DEPFILE are used
Rafael Sadowski (1):
Source: Restore compilation on OpenBSD
Robert Maynard (2):
CUDAToolkit: Correctly search all include paths from compiler
Tests: Verify CUDA::cupti existence on a subset of machines
scivision (2):
FindMatlab: Fix major.minor version lookups in Windows Registry
FindMatlab: Accept long version in matlab_get_release_name_from_version
zlib upstream (1):
zlib 2022-10-12 (04f42cec)

New in CMake 3.28.1 (Dec 15, 2023)

New in CMake 3.28.0 (Dec 7, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.9 (Nov 28, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.8 (Nov 17, 2023)

New in CMake 3.28.0 RC 5 (Nov 16, 2023)

New in CMake 3.28.0 RC 3 (Oct 25, 2023)

New in CMake 3.28.0 RC 2 (Oct 18, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.7 (Oct 12, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.6 (Sep 20, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.5 (Sep 15, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.4 (Aug 24, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.3 (Aug 17, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.2 (Aug 11, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.1 (Jul 25, 2023)

New in CMake 3.27.0 RC 1 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.4 (May 18, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.3 (Apr 5, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.2 (Mar 30, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.1 (Mar 24, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.0 (Mar 14, 2023)

New in CMake 3.25.3 (Mar 8, 2023)

New in CMake 3.26.0 RC 5 (Mar 1, 2023)

New Features:
Languages:
The “ASM_MARMASM” language was added to support the Microsoft ARM assembler language.
Command-Line:
The “cmake -E copy” command-line tool now supports a “-t” argument.
The “cmake -E copy_directory_if_different” command-line tool was added.
Configure Log:
CMake now writes a YAML log of configure-time checks to “CMakeFiles/CMakeConfigureLog.yaml” under the top of the build tree.
See the “cmake-configure-log(7)” manual.
File-Based API:
The “cmake-file-api(7)” “codemodel” version 2 “version” field has been updated to 2.5.
The “cmake-file-api(7)” “codemodel” version 2 “target” object gained a new “fileSets” field and associated “fileSetIndex” field to
“sources” objects.
The “cmake-file-api(7)” gained a new “configureLog” object kind that enables stable access to the “cmake-configure-log(7)”.
Commands:
The “add_custom_command()” and “add_custom_target()” commands now support “generator expressions” in their “COMMENT” option.
The “message()” command gained a “CONFIGURE_LOG” mode to record an entry in the “cmake-configure-log(7)”.
The “string(TIMESTAMP)” and “file(TIMESTAMP)” commands now support the “%z” and “%Z” specifiers for the time zone.
The “try_compile()” and “try_run()” commands gained a “LOG_DESCRIPTION” option specifying text to be recorded in the “cmake-configure-log(7)”.
The “try_compile()” and “try_run()” commands gained a “NO_LOG” option to skip recording a “cmake-configure-log(7)” entry.
Variables:
The “CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT” variable is now set for “GNU”, “MSVC”, and “AppleClang” compilers that have only one frontend variant.
A “CMAKE_VS_VERSION_BUILD_NUMBER” variable is now set by Visual Studio Generators for VS 2017 and above to report the four-component Visual Studio version number.
Properties:
The “<LANG>_CLANG_TIDY_EXPORT_FIXES_DIR” target property was added to allow the “clang-tidy” tool to export its suggested fixes to a set of “.yaml” files. A new
“CMAKE_<LANG>_CLANG_TIDY_EXPORT_FIXES_DIR” variable was created to initialize this property.
The “XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS” target property was added to tell the “Xcode” generator to embed ExtensionKit-based extensions such as extensions using the Background Assets framework. Aspects of the embedding can be customized with:
“XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_PATH”
“XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_CODE_SIGN_ON_COPY”
“XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_COPY”
Modules:
The “ExternalProject” module’s “ExternalProject_Add()” command gained an “INSTALL_BYPRODUCTS” option to specify files generated by the “install” step.
The “FindCUDAToolkit” module:
Gained support for the “sbsa-linux” cross compilation target, and now provides an imported target for “nvrtc_static”, if found.
The “FindImageMagick” module now provides imported targets.
The “FindPython3” and “FindPython” modules gained support for the Stable Application Binary Interface.
The “UseSWIG” module gained support for the “perl5” language.
Generator Expressions:
The “$<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:…>” generator expression was added to prevent usage requirements from being exported to dependent projects.
CTest:
The “CTEST_NO_TESTS_ACTION” environment variable was added to provide a default value for the “–no-tests=<action>” command line argument of “ctest(1)”.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The “CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log” and “CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log” files are no longer populated by CMake’s built-in modules. “cmake(1)” no longer suggests looking at them after a “CMake Error” occurs. Information previously logged to those files is instead logged to the “cmake-configure-log(7)”.
On CYGWIN, the undocumented “CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32” mode for compatibility with CMake versions older than 2.8.4 has been removed.
Other Changes:
Language Standard Flags, such as “-std=c++11”, when generated due to “target_compile_features()” or “CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD”, are now placed before flags added by “target_compile_options()”, rather than after them.
For all “COMPILE_DEFINITIONS” properties, any leading “-D” on an item is removed whether or not it was specified by a generator expression.
The “compile_commands.json” database enabled by “CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS” now provides the “output” field in the compile commands objects. This allows multi-config generators, such as the “Ninja Multi-Config” generator, to provide the compile commands for all configurations.
The “USE_FOLDERS” global property is treated as “ON” by default.
The top-level “project()” call will now emit an author warning if the documented command order in relation to “cmake_minimum_required()” is not respected.
The “cmake --trace” option now follows “try_compile()” and “try_run()” invocations.

New in CMake 3.26.0 RC 4 (Feb 22, 2023)

New in CMake 3.25.2 (Jan 20, 2023)

New in CMake 3.25.1 (Dec 1, 2022)

New in CMake 3.25.0 (Nov 17, 2022)

New Features:
Presets:
The cmake-presets(7) schema version has been bumped to 6.
The cmake-presets(7) format now supports a packagePresets field to specify presets for cpack --preset.
The cmake-presets(7) format now supports a workflowPresets field to specify presets for cmake --workflow.
The cmake-presets(7) format now supports an outputJUnitFile field to specify JUnit output in test presets.
Languages:
The Compile Features functionality is now aware of C++26, and defines a cxx_std_26 meta-feature. C++26 compiler modes may also be specified via the CXX_STANDARD, CUDA_STANDARD, HIP_STANDARD, or OBJCXX_STANDARD target properties.
CUDA language support now includes device link-time optimization when using nvcc. The CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION variable and the associated INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION target property will activate device LTO.
Command-Line:
A cmake --workflow --preset mode was added to drive sequences of configure, build, test, and package operations through a single command.
The cmake -E capabilities command gained a new tls field that tells whether or not TLS is enabled.
The cmake -E env command-line tool gained a --modify flag to support ENVIRONMENT_MODIFICATION operations.
The cmake --debug-trycompile option now prints log messages reporting the directory in which each try-compile check is done.
Compilers:
Support for the Tasking compiler toolsets (SmartCode, TriCore, Standalone: ARM, MCS, 8051) was added with compiler id Tasking. See the CMAKE_TASKING_TOOLSET variable.
Commands:
The add_subdirectory() command gained a SYSTEM option to enable the SYSTEM directory property in the subdirectory.
The block() and endblock() commands were added to manage specific scopes (policy or variable) for a contained block of commands.
The cmake_language() command gained a new GET_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL sub-command. It can be used to query the current message logging level.
The find_file(), find_path(), find_library(), and find_program() commands gained a VALIDATOR option to specify a function to be called for each candidate item to validate it.
The find_package() command now considers paths of the form <prefix>/<name>*/(cmake|CMake)/<name>*/ when searching for package configuration files.
The return() command gained a PROPAGATE option to propagate variables to the scope to which control returns. See policy CMP0140.
The try_compile() and try_run() commands gained new signatures that more consistently use keyword dispatch and do not require a binary directory to be specified. Additionally, these signatures use a unique directory for each invocation, which allows multiple outputs to be preserved when using cmake --debug-trycompile.
The try_compile() and try_run() commands gained the option NO_CACHE to store results in normal variables.
The try_run() command gained RUN_OUTPUT_STDOUT_VARIABLE and RUN_OUTPUT_STDERR_VARIABLE options to capture stdout and stderr separately from the output of the compiled program.
Variables:
The BSD and CMAKE_HOST_BSD variables are now set to a string value when the target or host system is BSD, respectively.
The LINUX and CMAKE_HOST_LINUX variables are now set to true when the target or host system is Linux, respectively.
The CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT variable and MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT target property were introduced to select the debug information format for compilers targeting the MSVC ABI. See policy CMP0141.
The CMAKE_XCODE_SCHEME_ENABLE_GPU_API_VALIDATION variable and corresponding XCODE_SCHEME_ENABLE_GPU_API_VALIDATION target property were added to tell the Xcode generator what to put in the scheme's Metal: API Validation setting.
The CMAKE_XCODE_SCHEME_ENABLE_GPU_SHADER_VALIDATION variable and corresponding XCODE_SCHEME_ENABLE_GPU_SHADER_VALIDATION target property were added to tell the Xcode generator what to put in the scheme's Metal: Shader Validation setting.
The CMAKE_XCODE_SCHEME_LAUNCH_MODE variable and corresponding XCODE_SCHEME_LAUNCH_MODE target property were added to tell the Xcode generator what to put in the scheme's "Launch" mode setting.
The CMAKE_XCODE_SCHEME_LAUNCH_CONFIGURATION variable and corresponding XCODE_SCHEME_LAUNCH_CONFIGURATION target property were added to tell the Xcode generator what configuration to put in the scheme's Launch action.
Properties:
The <LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER target property now supports generator expressions.
The EXPORT_NO_SYSTEM target property was added to specify that install(EXPORT) and export() commands will generate na imported target with SYSTEM property OFF.
The SYSTEM target property was added to specify whether a target should be treated as a system library (i.e. its include directories are automatically SYSTEM when compiling consumers). If not set, the default is the previous behavior: on for imported targets and off for other targets.
The SYSTEM directory property was added to initialize the SYSTEM target property for targets created in that directory.
Modules:
The FetchContent module FetchContent_Declare() command gained a SYSTEM option to enable the SYSTEM directory property in the subdirectory.
The FindCUDAToolkit module now provides a target for nvtx3 for CUDA 10.0+, which supersedes nvToolsExt. A deprecation warning is emitted when using nvToolsExt if the project requires CMake 3.25 and CUDA 10.0+ is used.
The FindDoxygen module's version handling has been improved:
Multiple candidate installations will now be considered, if needed, to satisfy version constraints. Previously, only the first one encountered would be considered.
Version ranges are supported.
Variations in the version format reported by Doxygen are now tolerated (e.g. a trailing git commit hash).
The FindOpenAL module now provides an imported target.
The FindOpenSP module was added to find the OpenSP library.
The FindVulkan module gained support for new components:
dxc
DirectX Shader Compiler.
volk
Volk open-source vulkan meta-loader.
CPack:
The CPack Archive Generator gained a new CPACK_ARCHIVE_FILE_EXTENSION variable to control the package file name extension.
The CPack NSIS Generator gained two new variables CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLE_PRE_ARGUMENTS and CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLE_POST_ARGUMENTS to provide arguments to the nsis executable invocation.
The CPack module gained the CPACK_READELF_EXECUTABLE, CPACK_OBJCOPY_EXECUTABLE, and CPACK_OBJDUMP_EXECUTABLE variables to control the locations of binutils used by cpack(1).
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The IMPORTED_NO_SYSTEM target property has been deprecated in favor of SYSTEM and EXPORT_NO_SYSTEM.
The Visual Studio 10 2010 generator has been removed.
The Visual Studio 11 2012 generator is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake.
Other Changes:
On Windows, when targeting the MSVC ABI, the find_library() command now accepts .a file names after first considering .lib. This is symmetric with existing behavior when targeting the GNU ABI, in which the command accepts .lib file names after first considering .a.
The SSL_CERT_FILE and SSL_CERT_DIR environment variables can now be used to override where to find certificate authorities for TLS/SSL operations.
If <LANG>_CLANG_TIDY includes a -p argument, the full compiler command line is no longer appended after --.
The Xcode generator no longer adds the per-config suffix $(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME) to library search paths. See policy CMP0142.

New in CMake 3.24.3 (Nov 1, 2022)

New in CMake 3.25.0 RC 3 (Nov 1, 2022)

New in CMake 3.24.2 (Sep 13, 2022)

Albert Astals Cid (1):
Automoc: avoid more compiler warnings in linker-warning-silencing code
Ben Boeckel (1):
ExternalProject: note the default of GIT_TAG being master
Brad King (8):
Help: Clarify that variable references may use cache entries
ci: use CMake 3.24.1
gitlab-ci: Use separate MSVC toolset specification for packaging jobs
gitlab-ci: Update non-packaging Windows builds to MSVC 14.33 toolset
Tests: Teach RunCMake.SymlinkTrees to tolerate CCACHE_BASEDIR
automoc: revert attempts to silence linker warning on macos
Tests: Add cases covering bad ctest output truncation types
CMake 3.24.2
Craig Scott (6):
Help: Add missing closing quote on C++ example
Help: Add crossrefs to ctest output control options
Help: Fix typos, grammar and formatting in CMP0134 policy docs
Help: Fix wrong casing of GTest in FetchContent integration example
FetchContent: Fix unsetting wrong variable name after provider returns
FetchContent: Ignore EXACT for redirected find_package() calls
Daniel Scharrer (1):
FindZLIB: fix CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES being unset when it was empty
Frank Winklmeier (2):
RunCMakeTest: fix Truncation test definition
ctest: print error for invalid CTEST_CUSTOM_TEST_OUTPUT_TRUNCATION
Gilles Gouaillardet (1):
FortranCInterface: Add support for LLVMFlang mangling
Kargatum (1):
FindBoost: Add support for Boost 1.80
Kyle Edwards (2):
Tests: Fix VS10Project SourceGroupTreeCMakeLists check
FILE_SET: Fix source group detection
Marc Chevrier (4):
Xcode: Fix erroneous MACOSX_BUNDLE link
Help: cmake-developer: Add section for Windows registry access.
renames method FinalizeTargetCompileInfo() in FinalizeTargetConfiguration().
Check link libraries properties: fix performances regression
Mathieu Malaterre (1):
Help: Fix typo in FetchContent example, extras should read extra
Robert Maynard (4):
FindCUDAToolkit: Search the cuda toolkit include path for cupti
cmFindBase: Refactor CMAKE_FIND_USE_INSTALL_PREFIX handling
CMAKE_FIND_USE_INSTALL_PREFIX considers CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX
FindCUDAToolkit: Correctly state cusolver and cublas dependencies
Parkesb (1):
FindPostgreSQL: Add brew-style directories to search path

New in CMake 3.24.1 (Aug 17, 2022)

New in CMake 3.23.2 (Aug 4, 2022)

New in CMake 3.22.6 (Jul 29, 2022)

New in CMake 3.24.0 RC 4 (Jul 21, 2022)

New in CMake 3.24.0 RC 1 (Jun 15, 2022)

New Features:
Presets:
"cmake-presets(7)" files now support schema version "5".
"cmake-presets(7)" files now support a "${pathListSep}" macro, which expands to ":" or ";" based on the platform.
"cmake-presets(7)" files gained support for specifying a "testOutputTruncation" field in test presets, which specifies the
truncation mode once the maximum test output size has been reached.
Generators:
The "Green Hills MULTI" generator now generates build rules to re-run CMake if any CMake files are updated.
The Visual Studio Generators now support "SYSTEM" headers when using VS 2019 Update 11 or later.
Command-Line:
"cmake(1)" gained the "--fresh" command-line option to remove any existing "CMakeCache.txt" file and associated "CMakeFiles/"
directory, when configuring a build tree, thus starting a new configuration as if the build tree were freshly created.
"cmake(1)" gained the "--compile-no-warning-as-error" command-line option which causes the effects of the "COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR" target property and "CMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR" variable to be ignored.
The "cmake(1)" "--trace=json-v1" trace format gained fields "global_frame" and "line_end".
The "cmake(1)" "-E" commands "cat" and "env" learned to respect a double dash ("--") argument that acts as a delimiter indicating the end of options. Any following arguments are treated as operands/positional arguments, even if they begin with a dash "-" character.
The "cmake(1)" "-E tar" command gained the "--touch" option to keep the current local timestamp instead of extracting file timestamps from the archive.
Compilers:
LLVM's flang Fortran compiler is now supported on some platforms, with compiler id "LLVMFlang".
ADSP compiler support (SHARC and Blackfin) now covers both CCES and VDSP++ installations, with required configuration now done in the compiler module itself rather than the "Generic-ADSP" platform module.
Platforms:
A dedicated "ADSP" platform has been added to replace the existing "Generic-ADSP" implementation. This features automatic detection of the latest CCES/VDSP++ install and compiler selection ("cc21k" vs. "ccblkfn") based off of the "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR" variable.
Commands:
The "cmake_host_system_information()" command, on Windows, gained a "QUERY WINDOWS_REGISTRY" mode. See its Query Windows registry section.
The "cmake_language()" command gained a new "SET_DEPENDENCY_PROVIDER" sub-command. When a dependency provider
is set, calls to "find_package()" and "FetchContent_MakeAvailable()" can be redirected through a custom command, which can choose to fulfill the request directly, modify how the request is processed, or leave it to be fulfilled by the built-in implementation. SeeDependency Providers.
The "file(DOWNLOAD)" command gained options "RANGE_START" and "RANGE_END" to specify a range of bytes to download. This can be useful for downloading parts of big binary files.
The "find_file()", "find_path()", "find_library()", "find_program()", and "find_package()" commands gained the
"NO_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" option to control searching "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX".
The "find_file()", "find_path()", "find_library()", "find_program()", and "find_package()" commands gained the ability
to specify which Windows Registry views must be queried.
The "find_package()" command gained a "GLOBAL" option that allows for the promotion of imported targets to global scope for the duration of the "find_package()" call.
The "if()" command gained the capability to compare paths by using the "PATH_EQUAL" operator. See policy "CMP0139".
Variables:
The "CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS" variable was added to control color diagnostics generated by compilers. This variable also controls color build system messages with Makefile Generators, replacing "CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE".
The "CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS" environment variable was added to set a default value for "CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS".
The "CMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR" variable and corresponding "COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR" target property were added to enable compilation with a compiler-specific flag to treat warnings as
errors, such as "-Werror".
The "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES" variable and associated "CUDA_ARCHITECTURES" target property now support the special
"native" value to compile for the architectures(s) of the host's GPU(s).
The "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_TARGETS_GLOBAL" variable was added to toggle behavior of the "find_package()" command's new "GLOBAL" option.
The "CMAKE_FIND_USE_INSTALL_PREFIX" variable was added to toggle behavior of the "find_file()", "find_library()", "find_path()", "find_package()", and "find_program()" commands' new "NO_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" option.
The "CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES" variable was added to allow injecting custom code at the site of the first "project()" call, after the host and target platform details have been determined.
The "CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_NO_PLATFORM_VARIABLES" variable was added to tell the "try_compile()" command not to pass any platform variables to the test project.
The "CMAKE_VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS" variable and corresponding "VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS" target property were added to enable build rules that verify all headers in header sets can be used on their own.
The "CMAKE_WATCOM_RUNTIME_LIBRARY" variable and "WATCOM_RUNTIME_LIBRARY" target property were introduced to select
the runtime library used by compilers targeting the Watcom ABI. See policy "CMP0136".
The "CMAKE_XCODE_XCCONFIG" variable and corresponding "XCODE_XCCONFIG" target property were added to tell the "Xcode"
generator to handle "xcconfig" files.
Properties:
The "INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES_DIRECT" and "INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES_DIRECT_EXCLUDE" target properties were
added to express usage requirements affecting a consumer's direct link dependencies.
The "INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS_TO_VERIFY" target property was added to specify which header sets should be verified by
"VERIFY_INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS".
The "LINK_LIBRARIES" target property now supports the " " generator expression. See policy "CMP0131".
The "VS_DOTNET_STARTUP_OBJECT" target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators which startup class shall be used when the program or project is executed. This is necessary when more than one "static void Main(string[])" function signature is available in a managed .NET project.
The "VS_NO_COMPILE_BATCHING" target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators whether to disable compiler parallelism and call the compiler with one source file at a time.
Modules:
The "ExternalProject" module "ExternalProject_Add()" command gained a new "DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP" option for controlling whether the timestamps of extracted contents are set to match those in the archive when the "URL" download method is used. Policy "CMP0135" was added to enable the option by default.
The "FetchContent" module and the "find_package()" command now support integration capabilities:
"FetchContent_MakeAvailable()" can now try to satisfy a dependency by calling "find_package()" first. A new
"FETCHCONTENT_TRY_FIND_PACKAGE_MODE" variable controls whether this is done by default for all dependencies, is opt-in per
dependency, or is disabled entirely.
"find_package()" can be re-routed to call "FetchContent_MakeAvailable()" instead. A new read-only
"CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_REDIRECTS_DIR" variable points to a directory where config package files can be located to facilitate these re- routed calls.
The "FindJNI" module now provides imported targets.
The "FindMatlab" module "matlab_add_mex()" function gained a "NO_IMPLICIT_LINK_TO_MATLAB_LIBRARIES" option to disable automatic linking of MATLAB libraries.
The "FindPkgConfig" module learned to find static libraries in addition to the default search for shared libraries.
"pkg_check_modules()" gained a "STATIC_TARGET" option to make the imported target reference static libraries.
The "FindZLIB" gained a new "ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS" variable to search only for static libraries.
Generator Expressions:
The "LINK_LIBRARY" generator expression was added to manage how libraries are specified during the link step. The
"CMAKE__LINK_LIBRARY_USING_" and "CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_USING_" variables are used to define
features usable by the "LINK_LIBRARY" generator expression. Moreover, the "LINK_LIBRARY_OVERRIDE" and
"LINK_LIBRARY_OVERRIDE_ " target properties are available to resolve incompatible features.
The "LINK_LIBRARY" generator expression can link frameworks in various ways when targeting "Apple" platforms. The following
features were added:
"FRAMEWORK"
"NEEDED_FRAMEWORK"
"REEXPORT_FRAMEWORK"
"WEAK_FRAMEWORK"
The "LINK_LIBRARY" generator expression can link libraries in various ways when targeting "Apple" platforms. The following
features were added:
"NEEDED_LIBRARY"
"REEXPORT_LIBRARY"
"WEAK_LIBRARY"
The "LINK_LIBRARY" generator expression gained the feature "WHOLE_ARCHIVE" to force load of all members in a static library.
This feature is supported on the following target platforms:
all "Apple" variants
"Linux"
all "BSD" variants
"SunOS"
"Windows"
"CYGWIN"
"MSYS"
The "LINK_GROUP" generator expression was added to manage the grouping of libraries during the link step. The
"CMAKE__LINK_GROUP_USING_" and "CMAKE_LINK_GROUP_USING_" variables are used to define features usable with the "LINK_GROUP" generator expression. This release defines the "RESCAN" feature, which can be used to handle circular references among static libraries when using toolchains for Linux, BSD, SunOS and GNU toolchains for Windows.
The "PATH" generator expression was added to manage paths.
The "PATH_EQUAL" generator expression was added to manage path comparisons.
The "TARGET_BUNDLE_DIR_NAME" generator expression was added to evaluate to the name of the bundle directory for a given bundle target.
CTest:
"ctest(1)" gained a "--test-output-truncation" option (and corresponding "CTEST_CUSTOM_TEST_OUTPUT_TRUNCATION" variable) to specify the truncation mode once the maximum test output size has
been reached. Possible values are "tail" (default), "middle" or "head".
CPack:
The "CPack WIX Generator" gained a new variable, "CPACK_WIX_ARCHITECTURE", to specify the installer architecture in
order to support computers running Windows for ARM.
CPack now supports the "CPACK_THREADS" option for "zstd" compression when compiled with libarchive 3.6 or higher. It is supported by official CMake binaries available on cmake.org.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
=======
The "CPack" module no longer enables the SLA by default in the "CPack DragNDrop Generator". See policy "CMP0133" and the
"CPACK_DMG_SLA_USE_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE" variable.
The deprecated "CPack PackageMaker Generator" has been removed.
The "FindGLUT" module no longer provides the undocumented "GLUT_LIBRARY" and "GLUT_INCLUDE_PATH" result variables.
Other Changes:
CMake no longer sets environment variables like "CC", "CXX", etc. when enabling the corresponding language during the first CMake run in a build directory. See policy "CMP0132".
The "CheckIPOSupported" module "check_ipo_supported()" command now uses the caller's "CMAKE__FLAGS" and
"CMAKE__FLAGS_" values. See policy "CMP0138".
The "MSYS Makefiles" and "MinGW Makefiles" generators, when a compiler is not explicitly specified, now select the first compiler
(of any name) found in directories listed by the "PATH" environment variable.
The "try_compile()" command whole-project signature now propagates platform variables. See policy "CMP0137".
The "while()" command now diagnoses errors during condition evaluation. See policy "CMP0130".
The precompiled macOS binaries provided on cmake.org no longer attach a SLA to the ".dmg" packages. This was removed because macOS 12 deprecated the tools used to attach ".dmg" resources.

New in CMake 3.23.5 (Jun 3, 2022)

New in CMake 3.23.2 (May 31, 2022)

Alex Turbov (1):
CPack/NuGet: Restore component packaging on Windows
Ben Boeckel (2):
cmInstallCommand: tweak error message
cmExportBuildFileGenerator: handle genex-wrapped source paths
Brad King (20):
ci: use CMake 3.23.1
CheckLinkerFlag: Catch linker warning when the checked flag is ignored
CheckCompilerFlags: Revert "Catch linker warning about ignored flags"
Tests: Teach RunCMake to ignore Xcode extension point warnings
gitlab-ci: update macOS jobs to use Xcode 13.3
FindBoost: Add support for Boost 1.79
Utilities/Sphinx: Clarify names of variables listing post-sphinx commands
Utilities/Sphinx: Add variables listing pre-sphinx commands
Tutorial: Provide a source archive when published on cmake.org
cmGeneratedFileStream: Do not remove empty path
FindPkgConfig: Fix preservation of ENV{PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS}
gitlab-ci: Update Windows builds to MSVC 19.32 toolset
VS: Fix CUDA CodeGeneration field for CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=OFF
FortranCInterface: Fix failure with gfortran 12 and Clang
Clang: Use -imsvc flag without space to support Clang tools
file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES): Support VS 2022 without VS 2019
libarchive: Update script to get 3.5.3
libarchive: include archive_platform.h first in blake2s sources
libarchive: Update build within CMake after changes in 3.5.3
CMake 3.23.2
Craig Scott (1):
productbuild: Restore CPACK_PACKAGEMAKER_CHOICES variable
Eisuke Kawashima (1):
Help: Document when HIP_COMPILER generator expressions were added
Gregor Jasny (1):
Tests: Ignore all classes in Xcode internal objc warnings
Jean-Philippe Lebel (1):
CPackIFW: Fix regression in icon file names
Kyle Edwards (2):
FILE_SET: Make INTERFACE libraries with HEADER_SETS participate in buildsystem
Help: Remove references to MODULE in $ doc
LibArchive Upstream (1):
LibArchive 2022-02-08 (673c1eae)
Marc Chevrier (3):
FindPython: Add support for pypy v7.3.9 and uppers
FindPython: fix typo error
FindJava, FindJNI: ensure correct handling of versions on Windows
Martin Duffy (4):
Help/guide: Fix wrong header file reference
ccmake: Move Initialization of Fields Inline
ccmake: Fix crash when deleting all cache entries
ccmake: Fix infinite loop during invalid search
Michael Hirsch (1):
FindPython: add support for Python 3.12
friendlyanon (1):
CMakePackageConfigHelpers: Fix note about version files supporting ranges

New in CMake 3.23.1 (Apr 13, 2022)

Ben Boeckel (3):
CMakeDependentOption: improve documentation
cmFileSet: store visibility with the fileset
cmTarget: make HEADER_SETS and INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS read-only
Brad King (19):
GNUInstallDirs: Revert "Apply Debian multiarch LIBDIR to more prefixes"
Help: Clarify when policy CMP0112 takes effect
gitlab-ci: clarify name of package upload job template
gitlab-ci: distinguish release and development pipeline schedules
gitlab-ci: add sanity check to upload jobs
gitlab-ci: simplify package pipeline job conditions
gitlab-ci: start release package pipelines manually
Utilities/Sphinx: Add undocumented option to build docs for cmake.org
Utilities/Sphinx: Add option to build outdated version banner for cmake.org
Utilities/Sphinx: Add OpenSearch link to html page headers on cmake.org
gitlab-ci: consolidate jobs for cmake.org/cmake/help/git-{master,stage} docs
gitlab-ci: update cmake.org documentation in release package pipeline
gitlab-ci: Add objects.inv to cmake.org html documentation
gitlab-ci: Build qthelp-format release documentation for cmake.org
Help: Add "Updates" section header in 3.22 release notes
Utilities/Sphinx: Update qthelp generation to qhelpgenerator
CheckCompilerFlag: Fix regression in locale environment preservation
Help: Document that target_sources defines [INTERFACE_]HEADER_SETS
CMake 3.23.1
Craig Scott (3):
CheckSourceCompiles: Avoid linker warning with -fembed-bitcode
Help: Correct/add missing details for CheckPIESupported
CheckPIESupported: Prevent separate output lines running together
Cristian Adam (1):
PCH: Fix Xcode non-pch language exclusion
Eugene Shalygin (1):
Help: Fix typo in install command documentation
Even Rouault (1):
FindPostgreSQL: add support for PostgreSQL 14
Gregor Jasny (1):
Tests: Ignore all classes in Xcode internal objc warnings
Kyle Edwards (1):
FILE_SET: Forbid adding header sets to Apple FRAMEWORK libraries
Robert Maynard (2):
CUDA: Ninja generator generates valid compile database
cmake: --list=presets=[type] doesn't generate incorrect warnings
Tobias Nießen (2):
Help: Fix string(JSON ... LENGTH ...) signature
Help: Add that CMAKE_CACHEFILE_DIR might not be defined

New in CMake 3.23.0 RC 5 (Mar 28, 2022)

New in CMake 3.22.3 (Mar 7, 2022)

New in CMake 3.23.0 RC 2 (Feb 24, 2022)

New in CMake 3.22.2 (Jan 26, 2022)

New in CMake 3.22.1 (Dec 9, 2021)

New in CMake 3.22.0 (Nov 22, 2021)

New in CMake 3.22.0 RC 3 (Nov 13, 2021)

Alex Turbov (1):
Help: Add `versionadded` for `CPACK_RPM_REQUIRES_EXCLUDE_FROM` variable
Ben Boeckel (5):
cmCTestRunTest: get the default value from the environment
Tests/Environment: also test modifying ambient values
FindHDF5: fix variable name when querying `hdf5_hl`'s implib
FindHDF5: clear library output variables at the top of the module
FindHDF5: clear language-specific libraries list before discovery
Brad King (21):
MSVC: Refactor C compile features table for C90, C99, and C11
MSVC: Tolerate c_std_17 and c_std_23 features on older compiler versions
MSVC: Add support for C17
Help: Fix versionadded for VS 15 2017 instance selection
FindMPI: Fix finding PkgConfg for fallback
Help: Use lower-case names of sphinx directives
cmNinjaTargetGenerator: Replace "their" with "there" in comment
Ninja: Fix creation of Windows import library directory
GNUtoMS: Add search path for VS 2022 environment scripts
cmScanDepFormat: Accept P1689r4 files with version 1
cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator: Refactor SetGeneratorPlatform
Help: Clarify TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS behavior on imported targets
Ninja Multi-Config: Fix cross-config custom command dependency tracing
Ninja Multi-Config: Fix internal cross-config target dependency ordering
Ninja Multi-Config: Fix custom command target dependencies in cross-configs
cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator: Refactor target framework selection
VS: Model a default target framework
VS: Default TargetFrameworkVersion to v4.7.2 for VS 2022
gitlab-ci: Re-organize Windows job tags
gitlab-ci: Update Windows jobs to VS 2022
CMake 3.22.0-rc3
Craig Scott (4):
Help: Clarify how PKG_CONFIG env var initializes cache vars
Help: Clarify valid versus supported values for CUDA_STANDARD
Help: Correct inaccuracies in wording for CMP0128
TI: Recognize invalid compiler option warning during try_compile()
Cristian Adam (2):
PCH: Fix REUSE_FROM when Debug and RelWithDebInfo configs differ
PCH: Fixed Ninja Multi-Config and REUSE_FROM for MSVC
Marc Aldorasi (1):
Help: Document that configure_file can create directories
Raul Tambre (2):
Help: Better explain CMAKE_<LANG>_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT
CMP0128: Enable/disable extensions if standard same as default
Robert Maynard (1):
NVHPC: Support SYSTEM include directories
Thomas Dickerson (1):
CheckLinkerFlag: Set policies needed by the implementation
William R. Dieter (2):
IntelLLVM: Use MSVC linker with MSVC frontend variant
Fortran: Save frontend variant persistently for IntelLLVM
Yonggang Luo (1):
Help: Use stronger wording in rule about preset inheritance

New in CMake 3.21.4 (Nov 1, 2021)

New in CMake 3.22.0 RC 1 (Oct 14, 2021)

New Features:
Commands:
The cmake_host_system_information() command can now query OS identification variables from the /etc/os-release file.
The string(TIMESTAMP) command now supports the %V specifier for ISO 8601 week numbers.
Variables:
The CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE environment variable was added to provide a default value for the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE variable.
The CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES environment variable was added to provide a default value for the CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES variable.
The CMAKE_INSTALL_MODE environment variable was added to tell install() rules (implemented by file(INSTALL)) to install symbolic links instead of copying of files.
The CMAKE_<LANG>_LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE_FLAG and CMAKE_LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE_CHECK variables were added to control the linker flag and check used by the LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE target property.
The CMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_<PackageName> variable was added to turn a non-REQUIRED find_package() call into a REQUIRED one.
Properties:
The <LANG>_EXTENSIONS target property is now initialized to CMAKE_<LANG>_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT, detected from the compiler. See CMP0128.
The VS_SETTINGS source file property is now supported for all source file types. Previously it worked only for non-built sources.
Modules:
The CMakeDependentOption module cmake_dependent_option() macro now supports full Condition Syntax. See policy CMP0127.
The FetchContent module now passes through the CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY, CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO, CMAKE_NETRC and CMAKE_NETRC_FILE variables (when defined) to the underlying ExternalProject sub-build. Previously, those variables were silently ignored by FetchContent.
The FindBLAS and FindLAPACK modules gained a BLA_SIZEOF_INTEGER option to find a BLAS/LAPACK whose ABI uses a specific integer size.
The FindJasper module now provides an imported target.
The FindMatlab module now provides imported targets.
The FindPkgConfig module gained a PKG_CONFIG_ARGN variable to specify arguments to pkg-config calls.
The GoogleTest module gtest_discover_tests() function gained a TEST_FILTER option to filter tests using --gtest_filter during test discovery.
The UseSWIG module, for Visual Studio Generators, can now use the swig tool to generate implicit dependencies.
CTest:
ctest(1) learned to recognize labels attached to a test at run time. Previously it was only possible to attach labels to tests at configure time by using the LABELS test property. See Additional Test Measurements for more information.
ctest(1) learned to be able to modify the environment for a test through the ENVIRONMENT_MODIFICATION property. This is allows for updates to environment variables based on the environment present at test time.
The ctest_memcheck() command now also generates a DynamicAnalysis-Test.xml file which may be used to submit test results to CDash.
CPack:
The CPack DEB Generator gained the option to set CPACK_DEBIAN_COMPRESSION_TYPE to zstd, which enables Zstandard compression for deb packages.
The CPack NSIS Generator gained a new CPACK_NSIS_IGNORE_LICENSE_PAGE variable to suppress the license page in the installer.
The CPack RPM Generator gained the CPACK_RPM_REQUIRES_EXCLUDE_FROM option to avoid scanning specific paths for dependencies.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The Visual Studio 10 2010 generator is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake.
Other Changes:
The Compile Features functionality now correctly disables or enables compiler extensions when no standard level is specified and avoids unnecessarily adding language standard flags if the requested settings match the compiler's defaults.
The Compile Features functionality now ignores features for languages that are not enabled.
The Ninja Generators now implement the edit_cache target using ccmake(1) if available.
The Ninja and NMake Makefiles generators now use the MSVC -external:I flag for system includes. This became available as of VS 16.10 (toolchain version 14.29.30037).
The CPack NSIS Generator now requires NSIS 3.03 or later.

New in CMake 3.21.3 (Sep 22, 2021)

New in CMake 3.21.2 (Aug 30, 2021)

New in CMake 3.21.1 (Jul 29, 2021)

Alexey Edelev (2):
AUTOUIC: Fix cyclic dependency between generated UI headers and timestamp
AUTOUIC: Fix generating of dependency rules for UI header files
Ben Boeckel (5):
ci: use CMake 3.21.0
Help/ctest_memcheck: mention `ctest_test` arguments
TestDriver: suppress deprecated header lints for time.h
TestDriver: use `CM_NULL` to avoid lints about `nullptr` usage
Help/ctest_test: add a comment to also update `ctest_memcheck`
Brad King (29):
enable_language: Fix test for working compiler with CMP0126 NEW behavior
VS: Recognize CSharp VS 2019 compiler version v142
VS: Improve v142 CL flag table LanguageStandard ordering
VS: Add CSharp VS 2022 compiler version and flag table v143
VS: Add v143 flag tables for VS 17.0 Preview 2
VS: Fix `/MANIFESTUAC:` link flag mapping for v143
VS: Map the link `/debug` flag for v143
VS: Remove the /MERGE flag from v143 link flag table
VS: Fix `/analyze:log` flag mapping for v143
VS: Add `-Zc:inline[-]` flag table entry for v143
VS: Populate `/Y-` flag table entry for v143
VS: Populate `-Qspectre-` flag table entry for v143
VS: Populate `/JMC-` flag table entry for v143
VS: Remove empty ConformanceMode entry from flag table for v143
VS: Remove empty LanguageStandard entries from flag table for v143
VS: Remove empty ExternalWarningLevel entry from flag table for v143
VS: Remove broken EnableASAN entry from flag table for v143
VS: Fix `/sourceDependencies` flag table entries for v143
VS: Update Visual Studio 17 2022 generator for Preview 2
CMakeDetermineCompilerId: Fix CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FORMAT in CMP0126 NEW behavior
try_compile: Propagate CMP0126 to the generated test project
CMakeDependentOption: Revert "Allow parentheses in the depends string"
cmMessenger: Revert to non-color messages on Windows
cmGeneratorExpressionNode: Factor out local variable for global generator
Swift: Update test case to try CMP0126 NEW behavior
Ninja Multi-Config: Restore TARGET_OBJECTS support in cross-configs
VS: Remove cl /FS entry from flag table for v142 and v143
VS: Remove C++ module CompileAs flag table entries for v142 and v143
CMake 3.21.1
Craig Scott (10):
Help: Clarify wording of CMP0124
Help: Explain policy CMP0125 in more detail
Help: Make policy CMP0126 wording more accurate
Help: Fix trivial typo
Help: Clarify which project() call PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL is for
Help: Re-order file() sub-commands in Filesystem section
Help: Expand details for file(COPY_FILE)
Help: Clarify and correct wording around DEPFILE option
Help: Improve wording and cross-referencing for ctest JUnit output
Help: Add cross-references between test output size ctest variables
Jean-Marc Hengen (1):
IAR: Moved search logic to BinUtils.
Joerg Bornemann (1):
AutoGen: Fix needless compilation of mocs_compilation.cpp
KWSys Upstream (1):
KWSys 2021-07-26 (d5fd6ca2)
Kyle Edwards (2):
CMakePresets.json: Fix expansion issue with empty binaryDir
Tests: Clean up Ninja Multi-Config test from cb777dd
Lorenzo Cappelletti (3):
Compiler/IAR: search for both IAR's binaries * and *.exe
Compiler/IAR: Avoid clobbering CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
Help: Document CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX_<LANG> explicitly
Martin Storsjö (1):
libuv: Fix building with mingw toolchains for ARM/AArch64
Raul Tambre (1):
GNU: Correct C23 flags
Yauheni Khnykin (1):
FindXCTest: Fix output directory for test bundle with Xcode 12.5
Ðoàn Tr?n Công Danh (2):
Tests/CompileOptions: allow CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None
Add option to explicitly avoid using execinfo for backtraces

New in CMake 3.21.0 (Jul 16, 2021)

New in CMake 3.21.0 RC 3 (Jul 9, 2021)

New in CMake 3.21.0 RC 2 (Jul 1, 2021)

New in CMake 3.21.0 RC 1 (Jun 25, 2021)

New Features:
Presets:
"cmake-presets(7)" gained support for specifying the install prefix in a configure preset.
"cmake-presets(7)" gained support for conditional enabling of presets.
"cmake-presets(7)" gained support for a "${hostSystemName}" macro.
"cmake-presets(7)" gained support for omitting the "generator" and "binaryDir" fields.
Generators:
The Makefile Generators and the "Ninja" generator learned to add linker launcher tools along with the linker for "C", "CXX", "OBJC", and "OBJCXX" languages. See the "CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_LAUNCHER" variable and "<LANG>_LINKER_LAUNCHER" target property for details.
Languages:
CMake learned to support "HIP" as a first-class language that can be enabled via the "project()" and "enable_language()" commands.
"C_STANDARD", "OBJC_STANDARD", and the "Compile Features" functionality gained support for C17 and C23.
Source file extensions ".ixx" and ".cppm" are now treated as C++.
Command-Line:
"cmake(1)" gained the "--install-prefix <dir>" command-line option to specify the location of the install prefix.
"cmake(1)" gained the "--toolchain <path/to/file>" command-line option to specify a toolchain file.
"cmake(1)" "-E capabilities" output now contains for each generator a "supportedPlatforms" field listing platforms known to be supported in "CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM".
Messages printed to a terminal now may be colored by message type.
Compilers:
The Fujitsu compiler is now supported using compiler id "Fujitsu" in traditional ("Trad") mode, and compiler id "FujitsuClang" in "Clang" mode.
Platforms:
CMake now supports the MSYS runtime environment, much like CYGWIN.
File-Based API:
The "cmake-file-api(7)" "codemodel" version 2 "version" field has been updated to 2.3.
The "cmake-file-api(7)" "codemodel" version 2 gained a new "directory" object containing directory-level information. This includes a list of installers generated by the "install()" command.
Commands:
The "add_custom_command()" command "DEPFILE" option may now use "generator expressions", is now supported by Visual Studio Generators for VS 2012 and above, and is now supported by the "Xcode" generator.
The "add_custom_command(TARGET)" command (for Build Events) gained support for resolving target-dependent generator expressions.
The "build_command()" command gained a "PARALLEL_LEVEL" option.
The "file(COPY_FILE)" command was added to copy a single file.
The "file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)" command gained new "POST_INCLUDE_FILES" and "POST_EXCLUDE_FILES" arguments.
The "file(REAL_PATH)" command gained the option "EXPAND_TILDE" to replace any leading tilde with the path to the user's home directory.
The "file(RENAME)" command learned to optionally capture failure in a result variable. It also gained a "NO_REPLACE" option to fail if the destination exists.
The "install()" command gained a new "IMPORTED_RUNTIME_ARTIFACTS" mode, which can be used to install the runtime artifacts of imported targets.
The "install()" command gained a new "RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET" mode, which can be used to install runtime dependencies using "file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)".
The "install(TARGETS)" command gained new "RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES" and "RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET" arguments, which can be used to install runtime dependencies using "file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)".
The "install(SCRIPT|CODE)" command supports a new option "ALL_COMPONENTS" which allows the corresponding code to run for every component of a per component installation.
The "project()" command now sets variables "PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL" and "<PROJECT-NAME>_IS_TOP_LEVEL" to indicate whether it was called in a top-level "CMakeLists.txt" file.
Variables:
The "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" environment variable was added to provide a default value for the "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" variable.
Properties:
The "IMPORTED_TARGETS" directory property was added to get a list of Imported Targets created in the current directory.
The "XCODE_EMBED_APP_EXTENSIONS" target property was added to tell the "Xcode" generator to embed app extensions such as iMessage sticker packs. Aspects of the embedding can be customized with the "XCODE_EMBED_APP_EXTENSIONS_PATH",
"XCODE_EMBED_APP_EXTENSIONS_CODE_SIGN_ON_COPY" and "XCODE_EMBED_APP_EXTENSIONS_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_COPY" properties.
Modules:
The "FindBLAS" and "FindLAPACK" modules learned to support the serial "Fujitsu_SSL2" and parallel "Fujitsu_SSL2BLAMP" libraries.
The "FindDevIL" module now provides imported targets.
The "FindIconv" module now has version support.
The "FindIntl" module now has version support.
The "FindMPI" module learned to support "Fujitsu" and "FujitsuClang" in both host and cross compiling modes.
The "FindMsys" module was added to find MSYS installations. Like "FindCygwin", it is used automatically by some other find modules to locate UNIX-style tools on Windows.
The "FindOpenMP" module learned to support "Fujitsu" and "FujitsuClang".
The "FindVulkan" module gained imported targets "Vulkan::Headers" and "Vulkan::glslangValidator".
The "UseJava" module command "add_jar" gained a "RESOURCES" option to allow explicit naming of resources with non-optional namespace.
The "UseSWIG" module use now standard library naming conventions for the "CSharp" language. See policy "CMP0122".
The "UseSWIG" module now supports using the "swig" tool to generate implicit dependencies with the "Xcode" generator.
Generator Expressions:
A new "TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS" generator expression was added.
CTest:
"ctest(1)" gained documentation for its ability to capture Additional Test Measurements.
"ctest(1)" learned to recognize files attached to a test at run time. Previously it was only possible to attach files to tests at
configure time by using the "ATTACHED_FILES" or "ATTACHED_FILES_ON_FAIL" test properties. See Additional Test Measurements for more information.
"ctest(1)" gained a "--output-junit" option to write test results to a JUnit XML file.
The "ctest_build()" command gained a "PARALLEL_LEVEL" option.
CPack:
The "CPack DragNDrop Generator" gained option "CPACK_DMG_FILESYSTEM" to control the ".dmg" filesystem.
The "CPack IFW Generator" now supports hyphens in names given to"cpack_ifw_configure_component()" or
"cpack_ifw_configure_component_group()" as "DEPENDS" or "DEPENDENCIES" arguments. This requires QtIFW 3.1 or later.
The "CPack NSIS Generator" gained a new "CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLE" variable to specify the "makensis" executable to use instead of the default one.
The "CPACK_CUSTOM_INSTALL_VARIABLES" variable was added to set variables in "cmake_install.cmake" script invocations made by CPack.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
=======
Undocumented "CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME" version-stripping behavior has been removed entirely. If it is set by a "-D" flag or by a "toolchain file", it is left unaltered, even if it still contains a version number. Similar "CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME" version-stripping behavior, also undocumented, has been moved earlier, before "project()" or "enable_language()" is called.
"ARMClang" cpu/arch compile and link flags are no longer added automatically based on the "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR" variable or the undocumented "CMAKE_SYSTEM_ARCH" variable. They must be specified explicitly. See policy "CMP0123".
Other Changes:
The "find_file()", "find_path()", "find_program()", and "find_library()" commands handle cache variables in the same way regardless how they are defined. See policy "CMP0125" for details.
The "find_file()", "find_path()", "find_program()", and "find_library()" commands gained the option "NO_CACHE" to store find result in normal variable.
The "foreach()" command now isolates loop variables in the loop scope. See policy "CMP0124" for details.
The "list()" command's "GET", "INSERT", "SUBLIST", and "REMOVE_AT" subcommands now error with invalid (i.e., non-integer) values are given as any of their index arguments based on the setting of policy "CMP0121".
The "set(CACHE)" command no longer removes a normal variable of the same name, if any. See policy "CMP0126".
"target_link_libraries()" calls referencing object libraries via the "TARGET_OBJECTS" generator expression now place the object files before all libraries on the link line, regardless of their specified order. See documentation on Linking Object Libraries via
$<TARGET_OBJECTS> for details.
The Ninja Generators now pass source files and include directories to the compiler using absolute paths. This makes diagnostic
messages and debug symbols more consistent, and matches the Makefile Generators.
The "NMake Makefiles" generator now encodes the generated makefiles as UTF-8 with a BOM when using "nmake" from VS 9 or above.
The Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above now place per- source preprocessor definitions after target-wide preprocssor definitions. This makes VS consistent with the Ninja Generators and the Makefile Generators.
The precompiled binaries provided on cmake.org now support "liblzma" multi-threading. See the "CPACK_THREADS" and
"CPACK_ARCHIVE_THREADS" variables.

New in CMake 3.20.5 (Jun 22, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.4 (Jun 15, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.3 (May 28, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.2 (May 3, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.1 (Apr 9, 2021)

Alexander Neumann (1):
Help: Add Q_NAMESPACE_EXPORT to CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES default values
Ben Boeckel (1):
FindHDF5: search for the new Fortran HL library name
Brad King (20):
gitlab-ci: Update Windows builds to MSVC 1928-169 toolset
FindIntl: Fix detection of intl built in to C library
GNUInstallDirs: Clarify that CMAKE_INSTALL_<dir> may be absolute
Tests: Teach RunCMake to ignore incidental 'Recompacting log' ninja output
Ninja Multi-Config: Fix crash on custom command config with no output
Tests: Add RunCMake helper to run a plain script
Help: CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR cannot be set in a toolchain file
gitlab-ci: Tell CDash when a test-ext job is done
Help: Document in add_library how to import libraries with SONAME
libarchive: Use uint8_t instead of u_char
Utilities/Release: Add script to generate a table of files
Utilities/Release: Add deprecation fields to File Table v1
UseSWIG: Transform swig depfile to match Ninja generator paths
ci: add jq and DevIL to Debian and Fedora base images
ci: Enable jq-based tests on Linux builds
BinUtils: Avoid clobbering a variable named without a private prefix
Makefiles: Fix dependency extraction with CUDA < 102 and host compiler
FindBLAS: Fix detection of OpenMP as dependency of BLA_STATIC
Restore support for backslashes in initial language-wide flags
CMake 3201
Craig Scott (7):
CPack: Validate and document NSIS branding text trim positions
Help: Custom OUTPUT and BYPRODUCTS genexes cannot refer to targets
Tests: Remove redundant files for configure_file() tests
Tests: Check host platform instead of target for running stat
Cleanup: Fix misspelt name of local C++ variable
Help: Clarify permission-related command options
Apple: Set CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RUNTIME_C_FLAG on non-macOS too
Haibo Huang (1):
Android: Fix search for binutils
Justin LaPolla (1):
Cray: Detect Fortran compiler version patch level if available
Kyle Edwards (3):
Ninja Multi-Config: Include configs in long CC scripts
autogen: Don't include SKIP_AUTOMOC files in depfile
Tests: Add test for Ninja automoc dependency cyle
Marc Chevrier (5):
Makefiles dependencies: normalize windows paths
CUDA Device link: Ensure all link options are correctly formatted
Genex: $<HOST_LINK:> and $<DEVICE_LINK:> must be usable in try_compile
FindMPI: avoid host link options to be propagated to device link step
UseSWIG: Run using policy settings from includer
Robert Maynard (3):
cmCommandLineArgument: correctly compute next parse index
CMakeDetermineCompilerABI: Revert "Parse library arch from versioned paths"
CMakeDetermineCompilerABI: Extract lib arch from implicit object file paths
Sibi Siddharthan (1):
FindIntl: Improve documentation formatting
mcc (1):
Help: Clarify IMPORTED_LOCATION documentation

New in CMake 3.20.0 (Apr 2, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.0 RC 5 (Mar 22, 2021)

New in CMake 3.19.7 (Mar 17, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.0 RC 4 (Mar 12, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.0 RC 3 (Mar 7, 2021)

New in CMake 3.19.6 (Mar 1, 2021)

New in CMake 3.20.0 RC 2 (Feb 25, 2021)

Changes made since CMake 3.20.0-rc1:
Brad King (25):
Intel: Make explicit Fortran preprocessing under Ninja more robust
IntelLLVM: Make explicit Fortran preprocessing under Ninja more robust
bindexplib: remove stray debugging output when using llvm-nm
Utilities/Sphinx: Avoid converting -- to an en-dash
Help: Mention version 2 in cmake-presets(7)
Help: Link to tool-specific preset arguments from cmake-presets(7)
Help: Clarify role of binaryDir inheritance in cmake-presets(7)
Help: Fix CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS_PRIVATE_DIRS documentation
cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator: Refactor per-source PCH logic
VS: Restore support for PCH in CXX but not C within once target
NAG: Fix using Fortran modules from their output directory
Tests: Clarify internal project name in RunCMake.GoogleTest cases
Tests: Remove explicit no-signing marks from BundleTest
Tests: Fix CTestTestCrash expected output on macOS arm64
Tests: Suppress failures on macOS arm64 due to separate Xcode signing phase
cmake: Document '--preset <preset>' form of the argument
cmake: Add support for '--build --prefix=<prefix>' form of the argument
ctest: Add support for '--prefix=<prefix>' form of the argument
ci: Use Qt macOS 10.13+ package for macOS build and test jobs
ci: update to sccache 0.2.15 on linux builds
Tests: Update for upstream ninja change to write status on stderr
ci: add sccache 0.2.15 custom build for aarch64-apple-darwin
gitlab-ci: rename macos build and test jobs to macos-x86_64
gitlab-ci: Add macos-arm64 jobs for Ninja and Xcode
CMake 3.20.0-rc2
Craig Scott (5):
FetchContent: Restore patch command support
CPackIFWInstaller: Avoid potential null pointer dereference
Autogen: Don't change the order of HEADERS array in AutogenInfo.json
ExternalProject: Fix misuse of IS_NEWER_THAN in timestamp checks
FetchContent: Don't update timestamps if files don't change
Daan De Meyer (1):
Tests: Fix ExternalProject CONFIGURE_HANDLED_BY_BUILD on 1s filesystems
Gregor Jasny (1):
DetermineCompiler: Fix copy-paste error in Intel Compiler detection
Kyle Edwards (7):
cmCustomCommand: Record value of CMP0116 at time of creation
Ninja: Use CMP0116 status recorded at time of custom command's creation
Tests: Test per-CC behavior of CMP0116
Tests: Test Qt autogen target with CMP0116 set to WARN
Help: Note that CMP0116 is recorded at the time of CC creation
CMakePresets.json: Remove undocumented support for comments
Tests: Remove comments from CMakePresetsTest/Good.json.in
Marc Chevrier (1):
Genex: LINK_LANGUAGE respects LINKER_LANGUAGE property
Michael Hirsch (2):
Help: Clarify preset name conflict rules in cmake-presets(7)
Help: Add build and test preset to examples in cmake-presets(7)
Michael Hirsch, Ph.D (1):
Help: Add internal links to if() docs
Robert Maynard (1):
CUDA: Improve error messages when CUDA compiler detection fails
Sankhesh Jhaveri (1):
cmake-gui: Restore search bar for cache view and environment dialog

New in CMake 3.20.0 RC 1 (Feb 16, 2021)

New Features:
Presets:
cmake-presets(7) gained support for build and test presets.
Generators:
Makefile Generators, for some toolchains, now use the compiler to extract implicit dependencies while compiling source files.
Languages:
C++23 compiler modes may now be specified via the CXX_STANDARD, CUDA_STANDARD, or OBJCXX_STANDARD target properties, or via the Compile Features functionality’s cxx_std_23 meta-feature.
CUDA language support now works when nvcc is a symbolic link, for example due to a ccache or colornvcc wrapper script.
The CUDAARCHS environment variable was added for initializing CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES. Useful in cases where the compiler default is unsuitable for the machine’s GPU.
Compilers:
The NVIDIA HPC SDK compilers are now supported with compiler id NVHPC.
The Intel oneAPI NextGen LLVM compilers are now supported with compiler id IntelLLVM:
The icx/icpx C/C++ compilers on Linux, and the icx C/C++ compiler on Windows, are fully supported as of oneAPI 2021.1.
The ifx Fortran compiler on Linux is partially supported. As of oneAPI 2021.1, ifx does not define several identification macros, so CMake identifies it as the classic Intel compiler. This works in many cases because ifx accepts the same command line parameters as ifort. A future version of oneAPI may fix this.
The ifx Fortran compiler on Windows is not yet supported.
The Intel oneAPI Classic compilers (icc, icpc, and ifort) continue to be supported with compiler id Intel.
Support was added for the IAR STM8 compiler.
Platforms:
CMake’s support for Cross Compiling for Android is now merged with the Android NDK’s toolchain file. They now have similar behavior, though some variable names differ. User-facing changes include:
find_* functions will search NDK ABI / API specific paths by default.
The default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for Android is now RelWithDebInfo.
File-Based API:
The cmake-file-api(7) gained a new “toolchains” object kind that describes the compiler used for each enabled language.
Commands:
add_custom_command() and add_custom_target() now support generator expressions in their OUTPUT and BYPRODUCTS options.
Their COMMAND, WORKING_DIRECTORY, and DEPENDS options gained support for new generator expressions $<COMMAND_CONFIG:...> and $<OUTPUT_CONFIG:...> that control cross-config handling when using the Ninja Multi-Config generator.
The add_custom_command() command gained DEPFILE support on Makefile Generators.
The add_library() command previously prohibited imported object libraries when using potentially multi-architecture configurations. This mostly affected the Xcode generator, e.g. when targeting iOS or one of the other device platforms. This restriction has now been removed.
The cmake_path() command was added for operations on filesystem paths.
The configure_file() command gained USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS and FILE_PERMISSIONS options to support copying of permissions of the source file and using specified permissions respectively.
The file(GENERATE) command gained a NEWLINE_STYLE option to specify how newlines are handled for the generated file.
The file(GENERATE) command gained NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS, USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS, and FILE_PERMISSIONS options for controlling the permissions of the generated file.
The install(FILES) command RENAME option learned to support generator expressions.
The target_include_directories() command gained a new option AFTER.
The target_sources() command now supports targets created by the add_custom_target() command.
The try_run() command gained a WORKING_DIRECTORY option to set the working directory in which to run the compiled check executable.
Variables:
The CMAKE_<LANG>_BYTE_ORDER variable was added to provide the target architecture byte order detected from the toolchain.
The CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, and CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY variables now support target-dependent generator expressions.
Properties:
The <LANG>_CLANG_TIDY target property and the associated CMAKE_<LANG>_CLANG_TIDY variable learned to support the OBJC and OBJCXX languages.
The EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS target property was added for the associated CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS variable to allow for configuration of exporting compile commands per target.
The GENERATED source-file property is now visible from any directory scope, regardless of the scope in which it is set. See policy CMP0118.
The UNITY_BUILD_UNIQUE_ID target property was added to support generation of an identifier that is unique per source file in unity builds. It can help to resolve duplicate symbol problems with anonymous namespaces.
The WIN32_EXECUTABLE target property now works with Clang on Windows.
The XCODE_EMBED_FRAMEWORKS target property was added to tell the Xcode generator to embed frameworks. Aspects of the embedding can be customized with the XCODE_EMBED_FRAMEWORKS_PATH, XCODE_EMBED_FRAMEWORKS_CODE_SIGN_ON_COPY, and XCODE_EMBED_FRAMEWORKS_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_COPY target properties.
Modules:
The ExternalData module ExternalData_Add_Target() function gained a SHOW_PROGRESS <bool> option for controlling whether or not to show progress output during the build.
The ExternalProject module ExternalProject_Add() function gained a CONFIGURE_HANDLED_BY_BUILD option. This can be used to make subsequent runs of the configure step be triggered by the build step when an external project dependency rebuilds instead of always re-running the configure step in such cases.
The FindBoost module gained a Boost_NO_WARN_NEW_VERSIONS option to silence the warning about unknown dependencies for new Boost versions.
The FindCUDAToolkit module gained support for finding CUDA toolkits when nvcc is a symbolic link, for example due to a ccache or colornvcc wrapper script.
The FindGDAL module has been improved to document and mark as advanced its cache variables. There is a new FindGDAL_SKIP_GDAL_CONFIG variable which may be used to skip over the gdal-config-based search. Users may also set GDAL_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_VERSIONS to add additional versions to the library name search strategy.
The FindIntl module now provides an imported target.
The FindOpenSSL module learned to support a version range.
The FindPython3, FindPython2 and FindPython modules gained options controlling how unversioned interpreter names are searched.
The UseJava module add_jar() command’s GENERATE_NATIVE_HEADERS feature gained options to export the generated target.
The UseSWIG module gained the capability, for Makefile and Ninja generators, to use the swig tool to generate implicit dependencies.
Autogen:
The AUTOMOC feature now works with per-config sources.
CTest:
ctest(1) gained a --test-dir option to specify the directory in which to look for tests.
CPack:
CPack gained the CPACK_THREADS variable to control the number of threads used for parallelized operations, such as compressing the installer package.
The CPack DEB Generator learned a new CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS_PRIVATE_DIRS variable to specify additional search directories for resolving private library dependencies when using dpkg-shlibdeps.
The CPack IFW Generator gained a new CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_SHOW_PAGE_LIST variable to control visibility of the widget listing installer pages on the left side of the wizard. This feature available only since QtIFW 4.0.
The CPack NSIS Generator gained new CPACK_NSIS_BRANDING_TEXT and CPACK_NSIS_BRANDING_TEXT_TRIM_POSITION variables to change the text at the bottom of the install window and change its trim position
The CPack NSIS Generator now correctly handles Unicode characters. If you want to have a CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE with UTF-8 characters, it needs to be encoded in UTF-8 BOM.
The CPack NuGet Generator gained options:
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_ICON and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_ICON allow package icons to be specified by local files.
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_LICENSE_EXPRESSION and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_LICENSE_EXPRESSION add support for specifying licenses recognized by the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX).
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_LICENSE_FILE_NAME and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_LICENSE_FILE_NAME allow licenses to be specified by local files.
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_LANGUAGE and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_LANGUAGE allow the locale for a package to be specified, for example en_CA.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The cmake-server(7) mode has been removed. Clients should use the cmake-file-api(7) instead.
The WriteCompilerDetectionHeader module has been deprecated via policy CMP0120. Projects should be ported away from it.
The TestBigEndian module has been deprecated in favor of the CMAKE_<LANG>_BYTE_ORDER variable.
The AddFileDependencies module is deprecated. Port projects to use set_property() directly.
The CPack NuGet Generator deprecated some variables to reflect changes in the NuGet specification:
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_ICONURL and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_ICONURL have been deprecated; replace with a reference to a local icon file.
CPACK_NUGET_PACKAGE_LICENSEURL and CPACK_NUGET_<compName>_PACKAGE_LICENSEURL have been deprecated; replace with a reference to the project’s license file or SPDX license expression.
Other Changes:
Source file extensions must now be explicit. See policy CMP0115 for details.
The LANGUAGE source file property now forces compilation as the specified language. See policy CMP0119.
On AIX, installation of XCOFF executables and shared libraries no longer requires relinking to change the runtime search path from the build-tree RPATH to the install-tree RPATH. CMake now edits the XCOFF binaries directly during installation, as has long been done on ELF platforms.
With MSVC-like compilers the value of CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS no longer contains the /GR flag for runtime type information by default. See policy CMP0117.
Ninja generators now transform the DEPFILE generated by an add_custom_command(). See policy CMP0116 for details.
The implementation of the ExternalProject module was significantly refactored. The patch step gained support for using the terminal with a new USES_TERMINAL_PATCH keyword as a by-product of that work.
The FetchContent module no longer creates a separate sub-build to implement the content population. It now invokes the step scripts directly from within the main project’s configure stage. This significantly speeds up the configure phase when the required content is already populated and up-to-date.
The precompiled Linux binaries provided on cmake.org have changed their naming pattern to cmake-$ver-linux-$arch, where $arch is either x86_64 or aarch64.
The precompiled Windows binaries provided on cmake.org have changed their naming pattern to cmake-$ver-windows-$arch, where $arch is either x86_64 or i386.

New in CMake 3.19.3 (Jan 14, 2021)

New in CMake 3.19.2 (Dec 17, 2020)

Starting with CMake 3.19.2 Apple ARM is now supported:
The “CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR” is selected using “uname -m”Since this may vary based on CMake’s own architecture and that of
the invoking process tree, the “CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR”
variable or “CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR” environment variable may be set to specify a host architecture explicitly.
If “CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES” is not set, CMake adds explicit flags
to tell the compiler to build for the “CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR” so the toolchain does not have to guess based on the process tree’s architecture.
Changes in 3.19.2 since 3.19.1:
Adam Weisi (1):
Compiler/TI: Fix C standard flags in C-only project
Asit Dhal (1):
execute_process: Improve COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL error capture scenarios
Ben Boeckel (3):
FindHDF5: improve error messages when a location variable isn't known
FindHDF5: support the hdf5hl_fortran-based variable names
FindPython2: avoid doubling the extension in CPython2 SOABI
Brad King (28):
Tests: Add CMake_TEST_Java option to control Java tests
Tests: Teach RunCMake to ignore Xcode install_name_tool signature warnings
gitlab-ci: update macOS jobs to use Xcode 12.2
Tests: Fix RunCMake.Check* conditions for enabling Fortran
Check*: Tolerate variables set with names of languages
Ninja: Clean metadata after regen during build on Windows with 1.10.2+
ci: update to use ninja 1.10.2
Tests: Look for Visual Studio only on Windows hosts
CMakeDetermineCompilerId: Filter IAR-AVR format INFO strings earlier
CMakeDetermineCompilerId: Add whitespace to clarify logic
CMakeDetermineCompilerId: Tolerate stray text around INFO strings
Revert "Intel: Add Intel Clang compiler identification"
Revert "Intel: Add Intel DPC++ compiler identification"
Tests: Add cache entry to control XCTest deployment target
Tests: Remove outdated exclusion of tests on OS X 10.3
ci: Hard-code XCTest deployment target to 10.15
Utilities/Release: Add script to build Qt 5.9.9 macOS universal binaries
ci: update to pre-built Qt 5.9.9 universal binaries for macOS packages
ci: do not use sccache for macOS packaging
ci: update macOS package to produce universal binaries
macOS: Offer control over host architecture on Apple Silicon hosts
Tests: Cover macOS host architecture selection on Apple Silicon hosts
cmake: Clear INSTALL file properties between runs
macOS: Add /opt/homebrew to CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH on Apple Silicon
Ninja: Remove cleandead on regeneration
Utilities/Release: Update macOS Qt 5.9 build for platform versioning
cmake-gui: Restore completion during path editing
CMake 3.19.2
Craig Scott (4):
Help: xref variable that cmake_minimum_required() sets
Help: Mention how OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES is initialized
Help: Re-sort indexes in the manuals
Help: Clarify scope details of deferred call ids for cmake_language()
Cristian Adam (1):
PCH: Fix compiler errors on iOS multi-arch using Ninja Multi-Config
Deniz Bahadir (1):
export: Do not fail generation for separate namelink only case
Justin LaPolla (1):
Cray: Fix Cray compiler detection on new platforms
Marc Chevrier (3):
FPHSA: ensure it can be used outside 'find_package'
Clang on Windows: 'LINKER:' prefix must be honored
CMakePackageConfigHelpers: Relax restrictions on version range
Raul Tambre (2):
CUDA: Fix user-set architectures during detection with Visual Studio
macOS: Add architecture flags only for native ASM dialect
Robert Maynard (7):
Modules: Rename Internal/CMake{CheckCompiler => TryCompilerOrLinker}Flag
ISPC: Ninja properly compute ISPC_HEADER_DIRECTORY location
ISPC: Handle OBJECT sources in different directories
Document CMP0112 covers $
ISPC: Treat system includes as '-I' includes
FindGLUT: Handle Mojave and Big Sur 'tbd' framework files
ISPC: Generated Headers suffix configurable with a better default
Sam Freed (1):
Help: Fix presets typo (longDescription to displayName)
Stephen Kelly (1):
QNX: Do not disable compiler extensions for CMake itself
Thomas Bernard (2):
llvm-rc: Force C language for the clang gnu frontend
llvm-rc: Add CMAKE_VFS_OVERLAY to the preprocessing flags

New in CMake 3.19.1 (Nov 26, 2020)

New in CMake 3.19.0 (Nov 22, 2020)

New in CMake 3.19.0 RC 3 (Nov 7, 2020)

New in CMake 3.19.0 RC 2 (Oct 29, 2020)

Ben Boeckel (3):
ci: use a patched sccache on macOS
ci: update to use CMake 3.18.4
ci: update to Qt 5.15.1
Ben McMorran (1):
Help: Add JSON schema for CMakePresets.json
Brad King (12):
cmake-gui: Attach icons only to main GUI executables
clang-format: Fix include block order in ctest.cxx and cpack.cxx
cmConsoleBuf: Factor out cout/cerr console buffer management
Tests: Add cases for CheckSource{Compiles,Runs} bad arguments
Fix regression in test/install/package configuration selection
CMP0111: Clarify that the new error is on a missing property setting
find_package: Fix regression in searching root prefix
ci: add Python to PATH on Windows
FindBoost: Honor Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS when finding upstream BoostConfig
FindBoost: Honor BOOST_ROOT when finding upstream BoostConfig
FindRuby: Restore compatibility variable RUBY_VENDORLIB_DIR
CMake 3.19.0-rc2
Craig Scott (1):
Help: Cleanup typos and grammar for the 3.19 release
Cristian Adam (1):
file(CONFIGURE): Allow angle brackets in content
Deniz Bahadir (1):
add_custom_command: Properly recognize if sources depend on config
Felipe Torrezan (1):
IAR: Use .o object file extension with IAR-Ilink toolchains
Gusts Kaksis (1):
Xcode: Fix regression that automatically links libraries in source list
Issam E. Maghni (2):
bootstrap: add samu as known ninja processors
bootstrap: add smake as known make processors
Johnny Jazeix (1):
cmake: Fix '-E cat' command for binary files on Windows
Kyle Edwards (21):
Help: Fix invalid code-block in cmake(1) manual
CMake GUI: Disable preset fields instead of hiding them
Help: Move CMakePresets.json documentation into a separate file
Help: s/unusedVars/unusedCli/
Help: Move vendor field into example
Help: Show multiple ways of doing cacheVariables
Help: Show environment field
Help: Add documentation for debug field
Help: Add inheritance to CMakePresets.json example
Help: Make architecture and toolset descriptions generic
Help: Clarify purpose of warnings and errors
Tests: Add JSON schema validation to CMakePresets.json tests
CI: Install jsonschema for schema testing
CMakePresets.json: Properly report macro expansion errors
CMakePresets.json: Allow boolean for cache variable value
CMakePresets.json: Add ${sourceDirName} macro
CMakePresets.json: Split cmakeGeneratorConfig field
CMakePresets.json: Rework how --preset argument is handled
Ninja Multi-Config: Don't try to calculate dependencies for "all"
ccmake: Don't list --preset in --help
CMake GUI: Add --browse-manual argument
Marc Chevrier (2):
FindPython: Add support of version 3.10
cmake_path: Enhance documentation
Michael Hirsch (1):
CheckSource{Runs,Compiles}: Fix default Fortran source extension
Raul Tambre (1):
VS: Don't compute CUDA options unless necessary
Robert Bozzetto (1):
separate_arguments: Fix crash on *_COMMAND with no arguments
Robert Maynard (3):
cmake: command arguments which use '=' behave consistently
Modules: Do not implicitly add new functions via old Check Modules
CUDA: Use MSVC version to determine supported C++ standard levels
Volker Jacht (1):
VS: Remove flag table entries for Fortran /Z* flags

New in CMake 3.18.4 (Oct 7, 2020)

New in CMake 3.18.3 (Sep 23, 2020)

New in CMake 3.18.2 (Aug 22, 2020)

New in CMake 3.18.1 (Jul 31, 2020)

New in CMake 3.18.0 (Jul 16, 2020)

The “CUDA” language can now be compiled using Clang on non-Windows platforms. Separable compilation is not yet supported on any platform.
“cmake(1)” gained support for profiling of CMake scripts through the parameters “–profiling-output” and “–profiling-format”.
The “add_library()” and “add_executable()” commands learned to create Alias Targets referencing non-“GLOBAL” Imported Targets.
The “cmake_language()” command was added for meta-operations on scripted or built-in commands, starting with a mode to “CALL” other commands, and “EVAL CODE” to inplace evaluate a CMake script.
The “file(CONFIGURE)” subcommand was created in order to replicate the “configure_file()” functionality without resorting to a pre-existing file on disk as input. The content is instead passed as a string.
The “find_program()”, “find_library()”, “find_path()” and “find_file()” commands gained a new “REQUIRED” option that will stop processing with an error message if nothing is found.
A “CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES” variable was added to specify CUDA output architectures. Users are encouraged to use this instead of specifying options manually, as this approach is compiler-agnostic.
The variable is initialized automatically when “CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID” is “NVIDIA”. The variable is used to initialize the new “CUDA_ARCHITECTURES” target property. See policy “CMP0104”.
The “UNITY_BUILD_MODE” target property was added to tell generators which algorithm (“BATCH”, “GROUP”) to use for grouping included source files.
The “CheckLinkerFlag” module has been added to provide a facility to check validity of link flags.
The “$<DEVICE_LINK:…>” and “$<HOST_LINK:…>” “generator expressions” were added to manage device and host link steps.
The “$<LINK_LANGUAGE:…>” and “$<LINK_LANG_AND_ID:…>” “generator expressions” were added. “ctest(1)” gained a new “CTEST_RESOURCE_SPEC_FILE” variable, which can be used to specify a resource specification file.
“ccmake(1)” learned to read a “CCMAKE_COLORS” environment variable to customize colors.
On Windows, the “Ninja” and “Ninja Multi-Config” generators, when a compiler is not explicitly specified, now select the first compiler (of any name) found in directories listed by the “PATH” environment variable.

New in CMake 3.17.3 (Jun 1, 2020)

Andreas Schönle (1):
PCH: Fix REUSE_FROM in multi-config generators
Ben Boeckel (1):
ExternalProject: expose _ep_cache_args_script to the caller
Boris Basic (1):
FindBoost: Add 1.73 to known versions
Brad King (14):
bootstrap: Use 'tr' more portably
FindBoost: Update MinGW compiler tag for Boost 1.73
CheckLanguage: Fix forwarding of CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER
Help: Add 3.17 release note for FindPkgConfig '-isystem' fix
FindGTK2: Add harfbuzz target for dependency from pango
VS: Fix using PCH from source with COMPILE_OPTIONS
XL: Install our Fortran 'cpp' helper script with execute permission
MSVC: Use 'pragma system_header' in PCH only on cl 19.13 and above
Help: Document OBJC and OBJCXX env vars for Objective C/C++ compilers
Objective C/C++: Honor CC and CXX env vars to select compiler
Help: Add 3.17.3 release note for Objective C/C++ compiler selection
cmGeneratorTarget: Clear AllConfigSources in ClearSourcesCache
VS: Restore .sln support for VS Version Selector
CMake 3.17.3
Jennifer Green (2):
cm_cxx_features: Filter out libhugetlbfs warnings
cm_cxx_features: Filter out 'icpc: command line warning #10121'
Jonathan Verner (1):
CPack-deb: don't add a line with a dot to pkg desc
Kyle Edwards (1):
Ninja Multi-Config: Make "install" targets depend on default configs
Marc Chevrier (4):
FindPython: fix error on FPHSA call
FindPython: ensure any specified version is correctly handled
FindPython: use CMAKE specific variables to look-up debug library
Help: clarify add_definitions() and add_compile_definitions() behavior
Robert Maynard (5):
Help: Correct CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY applicability
CUDA: Propagate CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY state to try_compile
CUDA: Compute CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY default from toolchain
Tests: Add coverage of ctest_test RETURN_VALUE and REPEAT
CTest: Make sure NOT_RUN tests show up in the failed test log
Rolf Eike Beer (1):
FindPkgConfig: also handle "-isystem" prefixes for include directories
Vitezslav Cizek (1):
FindOpenSSL: Detect OpenSSL 3.0.0

New in CMake 3.17.2 (Apr 29, 2020)

New in CMake 3.17.1 (Apr 10, 2020)

Ben Boeckel (1):
ExternalProject: allow `DOWNLOAD_NO_EXTRACT OFF`
Brad King (15):
Makefiles: Fix silencing of nested calls for GNU make 4.3
VS: Fix ClangCL toolset compiler path detection
Ninja Multi-Config: Fix MSVC showincludes prefix detection
CheckIPOSupported: Avoid polluting cache with common name 'result'
CTest: Fix reported duration on timeout when grindchild keeps pipes open
target_link_libraries: Fix regression in case of $ genex
AIX: Install ExportImportList script with execute permission
XL: C++14 language level flags are only available on Linux
XL: Add comment clarifying why we pretend it has full C++11/14 support
CPack/NSIS: Document and check requirement of at least NSIS 3.0
Utilities/Release: Update to openssl 1.1.1f
Apple: Improve handling of missing SDKs in CMAKE_APPLE_ARCH_SYSROOTS
Apple: Fix mapping CMAKE_APPLE_ARCH_SYSROOTS to custom OSX_ARCHITECTURES
cmCursesLongMessageForm: Factor out helper to draw message to form
CMake 3.17.1
Craig Scott (5):
Help: Minor typos and formatting for XCODE_SCHEME_WORKING_DIRECTORY
Help: Add missing XCODE_SCHEME_WORKING_DIRECTORY
Help: Fix inaccuracies and omissions in MACHO_* property docs
Help: Fix CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE list formatting
Help: Improve discoverability of CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE
Francisco Facioni (1):
cmake-gui: Fix use-after-free in Open-possible check
Jaak Ristioja (1):
Help: Fixed typo in CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH.rst
Kyle Edwards (2):
Help: Move Ninja Multi-Config variable details into their respective pages
Ninja: Make config uppercase in object order target
Lucas Wang (1):
llvm-rc: Enable preprocessing if CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT is an absolute path
Marc Chevrier (3):
FindPython: misc. fixes
FindPython: fix variable spelling error
FindPython: fix handling when FIND_VIRTUALENV == FIRST
Sylvain Joubert (1):
ccmake: Use incremental rendering for the logs
Thomas Bernard (4):
llvm-rc: Select preprocessor from active languages
llvm-rc: Write depfile to location specified by the generator
llvm-rc: Print stderr output when calling tools through cmake_llvm_rc
llvm-rc: Restore include path for data after explicit preprocessing

New in CMake 3.17.0 (Mar 21, 2020)

New in CMake 3.17.0 RC3 (Mar 13, 2020)

“cmake(1)” gained a “Ninja Multi-Config” generator, which is similar to the “Ninja” generator but can be used to build multiple configurations at once.
Visual Studio Generators learned to support per-config sources. Previously only Command-Line Build Tool Generators supported them.
The “Compile Features” functionality now offers meta-features for the CUDA language standard levels (e.g. “cuda_std_03”, “cuda_std_14”). See “CMAKE_CUDA_KNOWN_FEATURES”.
The “CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” variable and “CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” target property were introduced to select the CUDA runtime library used when linking targets that use CUDA.
The “FindCUDAToolkit” module was added to find the CUDA Toolkit without enabling CUDA as a language.
“cmake(1)” gained a “–debug-find” command-line option to enable additional human-readable output on where “find_*” commands search.
The “CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE” variable was introduced to print extra “find_*” call information during the cmake run to standard error. Output is designed for human consumption and not for parsing.
The “FindCURL” module learned to find CURL using the “CURLConfig.cmake” package configuration file generated by CURL’s cmake buildsystem. It also gained a new “CURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE” option to disable this behavior.
The “FindPython” module has learned to find Python components in active virtual environments managed by “conda”.
The “ctest(1)” tool gained a “–no-tests=<[error|ignore]>” option to explicitly set and unify the behavior between direct invocation and script mode if no tests were found.
The “ctest(1)” tool gained a “–repeat :” option to specify conditions in which to repeat tests. This generalizes the existing “–repeat-until-fail ” option to add modes for “until-pass” and “after-timeout”.
Target link properties “INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS”, “INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES” and “INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS” are now transitive over private dependencies on static libraries. See policy “CMP0099”.
When using MinGW tools, the “find_library()” command no longer finds “.dll” files by default. Instead, it expects “.dll.a” import libraries to be available.
The “Ninja” generator now prefers the first ninja build tool to appear in the “PATH” no matter whether it is called “ninja-build”, “ninja”, or “samu”. Previously the first of those names to appear anywhere in the “PATH” would be preferred.
“cmake(1)” gained a “-E rm” command-line tool that can be used to remove directories and files. This supersedes the existing “-E remove” and “-E remove_directory” tools and has better semantics.

New in CMake 3.16.5 (Mar 6, 2020)

New in CMake 3.17.0 RC2 (Mar 3, 2020)

New Features:
Generators:
cmake(1) gained a Ninja Multi-Config generator, which is similar to the Ninja generator but can be used to build multiple configurations at once.
Visual Studio Generators learned to support per-config sources. Previously only Command-Line Build Tool Generators supported them.
Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above now support specifying the VCTargetsPath value for project files in CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET setting.
Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above learned to support .NET Standard and .NET Core. See the DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK target property and associated CMAKE_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK variable.
Languages:
The Compile Features functionality now offers meta-features for the CUDA language standard levels (e.g. cuda_std_03, cuda_std_14). See CMAKE_CUDA_KNOWN_FEATURES.
Compilers:
The IBM XL Fortran compiler is now supported by the Ninja generator.
Command-Line:
cmake(1) gained a --debug-find command-line option to enable additional human-readable output on where find commands search.
cmake(1) gained a --trace-format command-line option that can be used to set the --trace output format. Currently, the old human readable and the new JSON format are supported. The new JSON format is easier to parse automatically, than the existing format.
cmake(1) gained a -E rm command-line tool that can be used to remove directories and files. This supersedes the existing -E remove and -E remove_directory tools and has better semantics.
Commands:
The add_custom_command() command learned to interpret paths in DEPENDS arguments that are specified relative to the current binary directory.
The foreach() learned a new option ZIP_LISTS to iterate over multiple lists simultaneously.
The load_cache(READ_WITH_PREFIX) command mode is now allowed when using cmake -P to Run a Script.
The message() command learned to output context provided in the CMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT variable for log levels NOTICE and below. Enable this output with the new --log-context command-line option or CMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW variable.
The message() command gained new keywords CHECK_START, CHECK_PASS and CHECK_FAIL.
target_compile_options() command now honors the BEFORE keyword more consistently. See policy CMP0101.
Variables:
A CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS variable was added to specify a list of command-line arguments passed to CTest when running through the test (or RUN_TESTS) target of the generated build system.
The following variables are now defined inside a function():
CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION
CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR
CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_FILE
CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_LINE
The CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY variable and CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY target property were introduced to select the CUDA runtime library used when linking targets that use CUDA.
The CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE variable was introduced to print extra find call information during the cmake run to standard error. Output is designed for human consumption and not for parsing.
The CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS variable now takes its initial value from the CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS environment variable if no explicit configuration is given.
The CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER variable, if not set explicitly, now takes its initial value from the CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER environment variable.
The CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL variable can now be used to persist a log level between CMake runs, unlike the --log-level command line option which only applies to that particular run.
The CMAKE_XCODE_SCHEME_ENVIRONMENT variable and XCODE_SCHEME_ENVIRONMENT target property were added to tell the Xcode generator to set the value of the Custom Working Directory schema option.
Properties:
The AIX_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS target property and associated CMAKE_AIX_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS variable were created to optionally explicitly disbale automatic export of symbols from shared libraries on AIX.
The DEPRECATION target property was added to mark a target as deprecated. If a linked target is marked as deprecated, a warning with the deprecation message is issued at generate time.
The INSTALL_NAME_DIR target property now supports generator expressions. In particular, the $<INSTALL_PREFIX> generator expression can be used to set the directory relative to the install-time prefix.
Target properties OSX_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION and OSX_CURRENT_VERSION were added to set the compatibility_version and curent_version respectively on macOS. For backwards compatibility, if these properties are not set, SOVERSION and VERSION are used respectively as fallbacks.
The VS_DOTNET_DOCUMENTATION_FILE target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators to generate a DocumentationFile reference in .csproj files.
Modules:
The ExternalProject module ExternalProject_Add() command gained a GIT_SUBMODULES_RECURSE option to specify whether Git submodules should be updated recursively. The default is on to preserve existing behavior.
The FindCUDAToolkit module was added to find the CUDA Toolkit without enabling CUDA as a language.
The FindCURL module learned to find CURL using the CURLConfig.cmake package configuration file generated by CURL’s cmake buildsystem. It also gained a new CURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE option to disable this behavior.
The FindFLEX module’s FLEX_TARGET command now runs flex with CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR as the working directory. See policy CMP0098.
The FindLibArchive module now provides an imported target for libarchive.
The FindPython module has learned to find Python components in active virtual environments managed by conda.
The FindPython3 and FindPython modules gained, respectively, variable Python3_SOABI and Python_SOABI giving the standard extension suffix for modules.
The FindLibXml2 module now provides an imported target for the xmllint executable
Autogen:
AUTOMOC and AUTOUIC learned to process headers with a .hh extension. See policy CMP0100.
CTest:
The CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE variable is now set from the command line when ctest(1) is invoked with -C <cfg>.
The ctest(1) gained support for Dr. Memory to run memcheck runs.
The ctest(1) tool gained a --no-tests=<[error|ignore]> option to explicitly set and unify the behavior between direct invocation and script mode if no tests were found.
The ctest(1) tool gained a --repeat <mode>:<n> option to specify conditions in which to repeat tests. This generalizes the existing --repeat-until-fail <n> option to add modes for until-pass and after-timeout.
The ctest_test() command gained a REPEAT <mode>:<n> option to specify conditions in which to repeat tests.
CPack:
The CPack DragNDrop Generator learned to use the CPACK_DMG_<component>_FILE_NAME variable to set a custom filename when packaging components into their own DMGs.
The CPack DragNDrop Generator learned to handle RTF formatted license files. When CPACK_DMG_SLA_DIR variable is set, <language>.license.rtf is considered, but only as a fallback when the plaintext (.txt) file is not found in order to maintain backwards compatibility.
The CPack NSIS Generator gained a new variable CPACK_NSIS_MUI_HEADERIMAGE to set the header image. To not break existing setups, it still defaults to CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON if the new variable is not set.
The CPack NSIS Generator now supports CPACK_NSIS_UNINSTALL_NAME. This can be used to specify the name of the Uninstall program.
The CPack NSIS Generator now supports CPACK_NSIS_WELCOME_TITLE and CPACK_NSIS_WELCOME_TITLE_3LINES. These can be used to specify the welcome page title and display it in 3 lines.
The CPack NSIS Generator now supports CPACK_NSIS_FINISH_TITLE and CPACK_NSIS_FINISH_TITLE_3LINES. These can be used to specify the finish page title and display it in 3 lines.
The CPack productbuild Generator gained option CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_BACKGROUND to specify a background image for the macOS installer.
Other:
ccmake(1) now displays cache values using colors based on the entry type if the terminal supports color.
ccmake(1) now displays messages and a progress bar during configure and generate. It will keep the output displayed if any errors or warnings occurred.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
An explicit deprecation diagnostic was added for policy CMP0068 and policy CMP0069 (CMP0067 and below were already deprecated). The cmake-policies(7) manual explains that the OLD behaviors of all policies are deprecated and that projects should port to the NEW behaviors.
The CPack PackageMaker Generator generator has been deprecated because Xcode no longer distributes the PackageMaker tools. The undocumented OSXX11 generator has also been deprecated.
The cmake(1) command-line -E remove and -E remove_directory tools are deprecated in favor of the new -E rm tool. The older tools always returned 0 if a named path did not exist even without the force option and cannot be fixed without breaking compatibility, and so have been superseded.
Other Changes:
The file API index file now emits a multiConfig flag specifying whether or not the generator supports multiple output configurations.
Target link properties INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS, INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES and INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS are now transitive over private dependencies on static libraries. See policy CMP0099.
When using MinGW tools, the find_library() command no longer finds .dll files by default. Instead it expects .dll.a import libraries to be available.
The MinGW Makefiles generator no longer issues an error if sh.exe is present in the environment’s PATH.
The Ninja generator now prefers the first ninja build tool to appear in the PATH no matter whether it is called ninja-build, ninja, or samu. Previously the first of those names to appear anywhere in the PATH would be preferred.
With SDCC the sdar tool is now preferred over sdcclib as librarian. The latter was deprecated by SDCC 3.2.0 and removed in SDCC 3.8.6.
With SDCC the default flags no longer include any target-specific flags. Previously the default flags were hard-coded for 8051.
The CMAKE_VS_GLOBALS variable value now applies during compiler identification and in targets created by the add_custom_target() command.
The Xcode generator no longer hard-codes -Wmost, -Wno-four-char-constants, and -Wno-unknown-pragmas warning flags.

New in CMake 3.17.0 RC1 (Feb 14, 2020)

Some of the more significant changes in CMake 17 are:
“cmake(1)” gained a “Ninja Multi-Config” generator, which is similar to the “Ninja” generator but can be used to build multiple configurations at once.
Visual Studio Generators learned to support per-config sources. Previously only Command-Line Build Tool Generators supported them.
The “Compile Features” functionality now offers meta-features for the CUDA language standard levels (e.g. “cuda_std_03”, “cuda_std_14”). See “CMAKE_CUDA_KNOWN_FEATURES”.
The “CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” variable and “CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” target property were introduced to select the CUDA runtime library used when linking targets that use CUDA.
The “FindCUDAToolkit” module was added to find the CUDA Toolkit without enabling CUDA as a language.
“cmake(1)” gained a “–debug-find” command-line option to enable additional human-readable output on where find commands search.
The “CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE” variable was introduced to print extra find call information during the cmake run to standard error. Output is designed for human consumption and not for parsing.
The “FindCURL” module learned to find CURL using the “CURLConfig.cmake” package configuration file generated by CURL’s cmake buildsystem. It also gained a new “CURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE” option to disable this behavior.
The “FindPython” module has learned to find Python components in active virtual environments managed by “conda”.
The “ctest(1)” tool gained a “–no-tests=<[error|ignore]>” option to explicitly set and unify the behavior between direct invocation and script mode if no tests were found.
The “ctest(1)” tool gained a “–repeat :” option to specify conditions in which to repeat tests. This generalizes the existing “–repeat-until-fail ” option to add modes for “until-pass” and “after-timeout”.
Target link properties “INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS”, “INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES” and “INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS” are now transitive over private dependencies on static libraries. See policy “CMP0099”.
When using MinGW tools, the “find_library()” command no longer finds “.dll” files by default. Instead it expects “.dll.a” import libraries to be available.
The “Ninja” generator now prefers the first ninja build tool to appear in the “PATH” no matter whether it is called “ninja-build”, “ninja”, or “samu”. Previously the first of those names to appear anywhere in the “PATH” would be preferred.
“cmake(1)” gained a “-E rm” command-line tool that can be used to remove directories and files. This supersedes the existing “-E remove” and “-E remove_directory” tools and has better semantics.

New in CMake 3.16.4 (Feb 7, 2020)

New in CMake 3.16.2 (Jan 6, 2020)

New in CMake 3.16.0 (Nov 27, 2019)

New Features:
Languages:
CMake learned to support the Objective C ("OBJC") and Objective C++ ("OBJCXX") languages. They may be enabled via the "project()" and "enable_language()" commands. When "OBJC" or "OBJCXX" is enabled, source files with the ".m" or ".mm", respectively, will be compiled as Objective C or C++. Otherwise they will be treated as plain C++ sources as they were before.
Compilers:
The "Clang" compiler is now supported on "Solaris".
Platforms:
On AIX, executables using the "ENABLE_EXPORTS" target property now produce a linker import file with a ".imp" extension in addition to the executable file. Plugins (created via "add_library()" with the "MODULE" option) that use "target_link_libraries()" to link to the executable for its symbols are now linked using the import file. The "install(TARGETS)" command now installs the import file as an "ARCHIVE" artifact.
On AIX, runtime linking is no longer enabled by default. CMake provides the linker enough information to resolve all symbols up front. One may manually enable runtime linking for shared libraries and/or loadable modules by adding "-Wl,-G" to their link flags (e.g. in the "CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS" or "CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS" variable). One may manually enable runtime linking for executables by adding "-Wl,-brtl" to their link flags (e.g. in the
"CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS" variable).
Command-Line:
"cmake(1)" "-E" now supports "true" and "false" commands, which do nothing while returning exit codes of 0 and 1, respectively.
"cmake(1)" gained a "--trace-redirect=" command line option that can be used to redirect "--trace" output to a file instead of "stderr".
The "cmake(1)" "--loglevel" command line option has been renamed to "--log-level" to make it consistent with the naming of other command line options. The "--loglevel" option is still supported to preserve backward compatibility.
Commands:
The "add_test()" command learned the option "COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS"
which causes lists in the "COMMAND" argument to be expanded,
including lists created by generator expressions.
The "file()" command learned a new sub-command, "GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES", which allows you to recursively get the list of libraries linked by an executable or library. This sub- command is intended as a replacement for "GetPrerequisites".
The "find_file()", "find_library()", "find_path()", "find_package()", and "find_program()" commands have learned to check the following variables to control searching
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH" - Controls the searching the cmake-specific environment variables.
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_PATH" - Controls the searching the cmake-specific cache variables.
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH" - Controls the searching cmake platform specific variables.
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_ROOT_PATH" - Controls the searching of"_ROOT" variables.
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH" - Controls the searching the standard system environment variables.
The "find_package()" command has learned to check the following variables to control searching
"CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY" - Controls the searching the cmake user registry.
The "message()" command learned indentation control with the new "CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT" variable.
The "target_precompile_headers()" command was added to specify a list of headers to precompile for faster compilation times.
Variables:
The "CMAKE_CUDA_RESOLVE_DEVICE_SYMBOLS" variable has been introduced to optionally initialize the "CUDA_RESOLVE_DEVICE_SYMBOLS" target property.
The "CMAKE_ECLIPSE_RESOURCE_ENCODING" variable was added to specify the resource encoding for the the "Eclipse CDT4" extra generator.
Properties:
The "BUILD_RPATH" and "INSTALL_RPATH" target properties now support "generator expressions".
The "INSTALL_REMOVE_ENVIRONMENT_RPATH" target property was added to remove compiler-defined "RPATH" entries from a target. This property is initialized by the "CMAKE_INSTALL_REMOVE_ENVIRONMENT_RPATH" variable.
The "PRECOMPILE_HEADERS" target property was added to specify a list of headers to precompile for faster compilation times. Set it using the "target_precompile_headers()" command.
The "UNITY_BUILD" target property was added to tell generators to batch include source files for faster compilation times.
The "VS_CONFIGURATION_TYPE" target property now supports "generator expressions".
The "VS_DPI_AWARE" target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators to set the "EnableDpiAwareness" property in ".vcxproj" files.
The "XCODE_SCHEME_DEBUG_DOCUMENT_VERSIONING" target property was added to tell the "Xcode" generator to set the value of the "Allow debugging when using document Versions Browser" schema option.
Modules:
The "FindDoxygen" module "doxygen_add_docs()" command gained a new "USE_STAMP_FILE" option. When this option present, the custom target created by the command will only re-run Doxygen if any of the source files have changed since the last successful run.
The "FindGnuTLS" module now provides an imported target.
The "FindPackageHandleStandardArgs" module "find_package_handle_standard_args()" command gained a new "REASON_FAILURE_MESSAGE" option to specify a message giving the reason for the failure.
The "FindPkgConfig" module "pkg_search_module()" macro now defines a "_MODULE_NAME" result variable containing the first matching module name.
The "FindPython3" and "FindP control which "ABIs" will be searched.
The "FindPython3", "FindPython2", and "FindPython" modules now support direct specification of artifacts via cache entries.
Autogen:
When using "AUTOMOC", CMake now generates the "-p" path prefix option for "moc". This ensures that "moc" output files are identical on different build setups (given, that the headers compiled by "moc" are in an "include directory"). Also it ensures that "moc" output files will compile correctly when the source and/or build directory is a symbolic link.
The "moc" path prefix generation behavior can be configured by setting the new "CMAKE_AUTOMOC_PATH_PREFIX" variable and/or "AUTOMOC_PATH_PREFIX" target property.
CTest:
"ctest(1)" now has the ability to serialize tests based on resource requirements for each test. See Resource Allocation for details.
A new test property, "SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION", has been added. This property is similar to "FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION" and "PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION", but with the same meaning as "SKIP_RETURN_CODE". This is useful, for example, in cases where the user has no control over the return code of the test. For example, in Catch2, the return value is the number of assertion failed, therefore it is impossible to use it for "SKIP_RETURN_CODE".
CPack:
"cpack(1)" learned support for multiple configurations for "-C" option.
The "CPack DEB Generator" is now able to format generic text (usually used as the description for multiple CPack generators) according to the Debian Policy Manual. See the "CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE" and "CPACK_DEBIAN__DESCRIPTION" variables.
The "CPack Archive Generator" learned to generate ".tar.zst" packages with Zstandard compression.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
An explicit deprecation diagnostic was added for policy "CMP0067"
("CMP0066" and below were already deprecated). The "cmake- policies(7)" manual explains that the OLD behaviors of all policies are deprecated and that projects should port to the NEW behaviors.
The "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY" variable has been
deprecated. Use the "CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY" variable instead.
The "GetPrerequisites" module has been deprecated, as it has been superceded by "file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)".
The "CPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPT" variable has been deprecated in favor
of the new, more accurately named "CPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS" variable.
Other Changes:
The "cmake(1)" "-C " option now evaluates the initial cache script with "CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR" and "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" set to the top-level source and build trees.
The "cmake(1)" "-E remove_directory" command-line tool, when given the path to a symlink to a directory, now removes just the symlink. It no longer removes content of the linked directory.
The "ctest(1)" "--build-makeprogram" command-line option now specifies the make program used when configuring a project with the "Ninja" generator or the Makefile Generators.
The "ExternalProject" module "ExternalProject_Add()" command has been updated so that "GIT_SUBMODULES """ initializes no submodules. See policy "CMP0097".
The "FindGTest" module has been updated to recognize MSVC build trees generated by GTest 1.8.1.
The "project()" command no longer strips leading zeros in version components. See policy "CMP0096".
The Qt Compressed Help file is now named "CMake.qch", which no longer contains the release version in the file name. When CMake is upgraded in-place, the name and location of this file will remain constant. Tools such as IDEs, help viewers, etc. should now be able to refer to this file at a fixed location that remains valid across CMake upgrades.
"RPATH" entries are properly escaped in the generated CMake scripts used for installation. See policy "CMP0095".
When using "CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS" on Windows the auto-
generated exports are now updated only when the object files providing the symbols are updated.
Changes made since CMake 3.16.0-rc4:
Brad King (4):
Xcode: Set source file type for Objective C/C++
FindwxWidgets: Fix finding both release and debug libs
CMakeParseImplicitIncludeInfo: Remove all CR chars from compiler output
CMake 3.16.0
Craig Sturdy (1):
FindwxWidgets: Find wxQt debug libraries
Cristian Adam (2):
Unity: No repeated path for internal generated unity files
FindODBC: Add library name for MinGW toolchains
Kyle Edwards (3):
CTest: Add version field to resource spec file
CTest: Clarify that resource requirements can be split
Help: Clarify how tests are run if no resource spec file is specified

New in CMake 3.15.5 (Nov 5, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.4 (Oct 3, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.3 (Sep 19, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.2 (Aug 13, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.1 (Jul 29, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.0 (Jul 22, 2019)

New Features:
Generators
The Xcode generator now supports per-target schemes. See the CMAKE_XCODE_GENERATE_SCHEME variable and XCODE_GENERATE_SCHEME target property.
The Green Hills MULTI generator has been updated:
It now supports the add_custom_command() and add_custom_target() commands.
It is now available on Linux.
Languages:
Preliminary support for the Swift language was added to the Ninja generator:
Use the SWIFTC environment variable to specify a compiler.
The Swift_DEPENDENCIES_FILE target property and Swift_DEPENDENCIES_FILE source file property were added to customize dependency files.
The Swift_MODULE_NAME target property was added to customize the Swift module name.
The Swift_DIAGNOSTICS_FILE source property was added to indicate where to write the serialised Swift diagnostics.
The Swift support is experimental, not considered stable, and may change in future releases of CMake.
Compilers:
The Clang compiler variant on Windows that targets the MSVC ABI but has a GNU-like command line is now supported.
Support for the Clang-based ARM compiler was added with compiler id ARMClang.
Support was added for the IAR compiler architectures Renesas RX, RL78, RH850 and Texas Instruments MSP430.
Support was added for the IAR compilers built for Linux (IAR BuildLx).
Command-Line:
The CMAKE_GENERATOR environment variable was added to specify a default generator to use when cmake(1) is run without a -G option. Additionally, environment variables CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM, CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET, and CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE were created to configure the generator.
The cmake(1) --build tool --target parameter gained support for multiple targets, e.g. cmake --build . --target Library1 Library2. It now also has a short form -t alias, e.g. cmake --build . -t Library1 Library2.
The cmake(1) command gained a new --install option. This may be used after building a project to run installation without using the generated build system or the native build tool.
The cmake(1) command learned a new CLI option --loglevel.
The cmake(1) -E remove_directory command-line tool learned to support removing multiple directories.
The cmake(1) -E tar tool has been improved:
It now continues adding files to an archive even if some of the files are not readable. This behavior is more consistent with the classic tar tool.
It now parses all flags, and if an invalid flag was provided, a warning is issued.
It now displays an error if no action flag was specified, along with a list of possible actions: t (list), c (create) or x (extract).
It now supports extracting (-x) or listing (-t) only specific files or directories.
It now supports Zstandard compression with a --zstd option. Zstandard was designed to give a compression ratio comparable to that of the DEFLATE (zip) algorithm, but faster, especially for decompression.
Commands:
The add_custom_command() and add_custom_target() commands gained a new JOB_POOL option that works with the Ninja generator to set the pool variable on the build statement.
The add_library() command ALIAS option learned to support import libraries of the UNKNOWN type.
The cmake_parse_arguments() command gained an additional <prefix>_KEYWORDS_MISSING_VALUES output variable to report keyword arguments that were given by the caller with no values.
The execute_process() command gained a COMMAND_ECHO option and supporting CMAKE_EXECUTE_PROCESS_COMMAND_ECHO variable to enable echoing of the command-line string before execution.
The file(INSTALL) command learned a new argument, FOLLOW_SYMLINK_CHAIN, which can be used to recursively resolve and install symlinks.
List() learned new sub-commands: PREPEND, POP_FRONT and POP_BACK.
The message() command learned new types: NOTICE, VERBOSE, DEBUG and TRACE.
The string() learned a new sub-command REPEAT.
Variables:
The CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR variable and corresponding CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR target property learned to support arguments to the emulator.
The CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG variable was added to tell find_package() calls to look for a package configuration file first even if a find module is available.
The CMAKE_FRAMEWORK variable was added to initialize the FRAMEWORK property on all targets.
The CMAKE_VS_JUST_MY_CODE_DEBUGGING variable and VS_JUST_MY_CODE_DEBUGGING target property were added to enable the Just My Code feature of the Visual Studio Debugger when compiling with MSVC cl 19.05 and higher.
The CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY variable and MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY target property were introduced to select the runtime library used by compilers targeting the MSVC ABI. See policy CMP0091.
The CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE and CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE_BEFORE variables were added to allow injection of custom code at the sites of project() calls without knowing the project name a priori.
Properties:
The ADDITIONAL_CLEAN_FILES target property and ADDITIONAL_CLEAN_FILES directory property were added. They allow to register additional files that should be removed during the clean stage.
The PUBLIC_HEADER and PRIVATE_HEADER properties may now be set on Interface Libraries. The headers specified by those properties can be installed using the install(TARGETS) command by passing the PUBLIC_HEADER and PRIVATE_HEADER arguments respectively.
The VS_PACKAGE_REFERENCES target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators to add references to nuget packages.
The VS_PROJECT_IMPORT target property was added to allow managed Visual Studio project files to import external .props files.
The VS_NO_SOLUTION_DEPLOY target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators whether to deploy an artifact to the WinCE or Windows Phone target device.
Modules:
The FindBoost module was reworked to expose a more consistent user experience between its “Config” and “Module” modes and with other find modules in general.
A new imported target Boost::headers is now defined (same as Boost::boost).
New output variables Boost_VERSION_MACRO, Boost_VERSION_MAJOR, Boost_VERSION_MINOR, Boost_VERSION_PATCH, and Boost_VERSION_COUNT were added.
The QUIET argument passed to find_package() is no longer ignored in config mode. Note that the CMake package shipped with Boost 1.70.0 ignores the QUIET argument passed to find_package(). This is fixed in the next Boost release.
The input switch Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG was removed.
Boost_VERSION now reports the version in x.y.z format in module mode. See policy CMP0093.
The FindCups module now provides imported targets.
The FindEnvModules module was added to use Lua- and TCL-based environment modules in CTest Scripts.
The FindGLEW module now provides an interface more consistent with what upstream GLEW provides in its own CMake package files.
The FindPkgConfig now populates INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS property of imported targets with other (non-library) linker flags.
The FindPostgreSQL module learned to find debug and release variants separately.
Modules FindPython3, FindPython2 and FindPython gained additional lookup strategies and controls, and a new default. See policy CMP0094.
Modules FindPython, FindPython2 and FindPython3 gain a new target (respectively Python::Module, Python2::Module and Python3::Module) which can be used to develop Python modules.
Modules FindPython3, FindPython2 and FindPython gain capability to control how virtual environments are handled.
The UseSWIG module learned to manage alternate library names by passing -interface <library_name> for python language or -dllimport <library_name> for CSharp language to the SWIG compiler.
Generator Expressions:
The generator expressions C_COMPILER_ID, CXX_COMPILER_ID, CUDA_COMPILER_ID, Fortran_COMPILER_ID, COMPILE_LANGUAGE, COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID, and PLATFORM_ID learned to support matching one value from a comma-separated list.
The $<CUDA_COMPILER_ID:...> and $<CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION:...> generator expressions were added.
The $<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:...> generator expression was introduced to allow specification of compile options for target files based on the CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID and LANGUAGE of each source file.
A $<FILTER:list,INCLUDE|EXCLUDE,regex> generator expression has been added.
A $<REMOVE_DUPLICATES:list> generator expression has been added.
The $<SHELL_PATH:...> generator expression gained support for a list of paths.
New $<TARGET_FILE*> generator expressions were added to retrieve the prefix, base name, and suffix of the file names of various artifacts:
$<TARGET_FILE_PREFIX:...>
$<TARGET_FILE_BASE_NAME:...>
$<TARGET_FILE_SUFFIX:...>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_PREFIX:...>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_BASE_NAME:...>
$<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_SUFFIX:...>
$<TARGET_PDB_FILE_BASE_NAME:...>
The $<TARGET_OBJECTS:...> generator expression is now supported on SHARED, STATIC, MODULE libraries and executables.
CTest:
The ctest_submit() command learned a new option: BUILD_ID. This can be used to store the ID assigned to this build by CDash to a variable.
The ctest_update() command learned to honor a new variable: CTEST_UPDATE_VERSION_OVERRIDE. This can be used to specify the current version of your source tree rather than using the update command to discover the current version that is checked out.
CPack:
The CPack IFW Generator gained a new CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_STYLE_SHEET variable to customize the installer stylesheet.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The cmake-server(7) mode has been deprecated and will be removed from a future version of CMake. Please port clients to use the cmake-file-api(7) instead.
The ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES directory property is now deprecated. Use the ADDITIONAL_CLEAN_FILES directory property instead.
The variable CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE is considered deprecated. Support still exists but will be removed in future versions.
The export(PACKAGE) command now does nothing unless enabled via CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY. See policy CMP0090.
The Xcode generator now requires at least Xcode 5.
An explicit deprecation diagnostic was added for policy CMP0066 (CMP0065 and below were already deprecated). The cmake-policies(7) manual explains that the OLD behaviors of all policies are deprecated and that projects should port to the NEW behaviors.
Other Changes:
CMake learned how to compile C++14 with the IBM AIX XL compiler and the SunPro compiler and to compile C++20 with the AppleClang compiler.
With MSVC-like compilers the value of CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS no longer contains warning flags like /W3 by default. See policy CMP0092.
IBM Clang-based XL compilers that define __ibmxl__ now use the compiler id XLClang instead of XL. See policy CMP0089.
The file(REMOVE) and file(REMOVE_RECURSE) commands were changed to ignore empty arguments with a warning instead of treating them as a relative path and removing the contents of the current directory.

New in CMake 3.14.6 (Jul 17, 2019)

New in CMake 3.15.0 RC2 (Jun 20, 2019)

The “CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” variable and “MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY” target property were introduced to select the runtime library used by compilers targeting the MSVC ABI. See policy “CMP0091”.
With MSVC-like compilers the value of “CMAKE__FLAGS” no longer contains warning flags like “/W3” by default. See policy “CMP0092”.
The “Clang” compiler variant on Windows that targets the MSVC ABI but has a GNU-like command line is now supported.
Preliminary support for the “Swift” language was added to the “Ninja” generator.
The “$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:…>” generator expression was introduced to allow specification of compile options for target files based on the “CMAKE__COMPILER_ID” and “LANGUAGE” of each source file.
The “generator expressions” “C_COMPILER_ID”, “CXX_COMPILER_ID”, “CUDA_COMPILER_ID”, “Fortran_COMPILER_ID”, “COMPILE_LANGUAGE”, “COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID”, and “PLATFORM_ID” learned to support matching one value from a comma-separated list.
The “CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG” variable was added to tell “find_package()” calls to look for a package configuration file first even if a find module is available.
The “PUBLIC_HEADER” and “PRIVATE_HEADER” properties may now be set on Interface Libraries. The headers specified by those properties can be installed using the “install(TARGETS)” command by passing the “PUBLIC_HEADER” and “PRIVATE_HEADER” arguments respectively.
The “CMAKE_VS_JUST_MY_CODE_DEBUGGING” variable and “VS_JUST_MY_CODE_DEBUGGING” target property were added to enable the
Just My Code feature of the Visual Studio Debugger when compiling with MSVC cl 19.05 and higher.
The “FindBoost” module was reworked to expose a more consistent user experience between its “Config” and “Module” modes and with other find modules in general.
The “message()” command learned new types: “NOTICE”, “VERBOSE”, “DEBUG” and “TRACE”.
The “export(PACKAGE)” command now does nothing unless enabled via
“CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY”. See policy “CMP0090”.

New in CMake 3.14.4 (May 15, 2019)

New in CMake 3.14.3 (Apr 23, 2019)

New in CMake 3.14.2 (Apr 15, 2019)

New in CMake 3.14.0 RC1 (Feb 8, 2019)

Support for running CMake on Windows XP and Windows Vista has been dropped. The precompiled Windows binaries provided on “cmake.org” now require Windows 7 or higher.
CMake now supports Cross Compiling for iOS, tvOS, or watchOS using simple toolchain files.
The “Visual Studio 16 2019” generator was added. This is experimental and based on “Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2” because this version of VS has not been released. The VS 2019 generator differs from generators for earlier versions in that it does not provide variants that specify the target platform in the generator name. Instead “CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM” must be used, e.g. through the “-A” command-line option. Furthermore, the default target platform (architecture) is now based on the *host* platform. The VS host toolset selection is now based
on the host architecture as well.
A “CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN” variable and corresponding “BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN” target property were added to enable use of relative runtime paths (RPATHs). This helps achieving relocatable and reproducible builds that are invariant of the build directory.
The “install(TARGETS)” command learned how to install to an appropriate default directory for a given target type, based on variables from the “GNUInstallDirs” module and built-in defaults, in lieu of a “DESTINATION” argument.
The “install(FILES)” and “install(DIRECTORY)” commands learned a new set of parameters for installing files as a file type, setting the destination based on the appropriate variables from “GNUInstallDirs” and built-in defaults, in lieu of a “DESTINATION” argument.
The “install(CODE)” and “install(SCRIPT)” commands learned to support generator expressions. See policy “CMP0087”.
The “if()” command gained support for checking if cache variables are defined with the “DEFINED CACHE{VAR}” syntax.
A file-based api for clients to get semantic build systeminformation has been added. See the “cmake-file-api(7)” manual.This is intended to replace the “cmake-server(7)” mode for IDEs.
The “cmake(1)” Build Tool Mode (“cmake –build”) gained “– verbose” and “-v” options to specify verbose build output. Some generators such as Xcode don’t support this option currently.
The “cmake(1)” “-E compare_files” command learned a new “–ignore-eol” option to specify that end-of-line differences (e.g. LF vs CRLF) should be ignored when comparing files.

New in CMake 3.13.4 (Feb 5, 2019)

New in CMake 3.13.3 (Jan 31, 2019)

New in CMake 3.13.2 (Dec 14, 2018)

New in CMake 3.13.1 (Nov 29, 2018)

New in CMake 3.13.0 (Nov 21, 2018)

Significant changes:
The Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above learned to
support the “INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION” target property and
supporting “CheckIPOSupported” module.
The “Green Hills MULTI” generator has been updated to include
support for platform, architecture, and toolset selection.
The “cmake” command gained the “-S <source_dir>” command line
option to specify the location of the source directory. This option
can be used independently of “-B”.
The “cmake” command gained the “-B <build_dir>” command line
option to specify the location of the build directory. This option
can be used independently of “-S”.
The “cmake” “-E create_symlink” command can now be used on
Windows.
The “target_link_directories()” command was created to specify
link directories for targets and their dependents.
The “target_link_options()” command was created to specify link
options for targets and their dependents.
The “target_link_libraries()” command may now be called to modify
targets created outside the current directory. See policy “CMP0079”.
The “install(TARGETS)” command learned to install targets created
outside the current directory.
A “VS_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_ARGUMENTS” target property was created to
set the debugging command line arguments with Visual Studio
Generators for VS 2010 and above.
A “VS_DEBUGGER_ENVIRONMENT” target property was created to set the
debugging environment with Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and
above.
The “option()” command now honors an existing normal variable of
the same name and does nothing instead of possibly creating a cache
entry (or setting its type) and removing the normal variable. See
policy “CMP0077”.
The “target_sources()” command now interprets relative source file
paths as relative to the current source directory. This simplifies
incrementally building up a target’s sources from subdirectories.
The “CMP0076” policy was added to provide backward compatibility
with the old behavior where required.

New in CMake 3.12.3 (Oct 4, 2018)

New in CMake 3.12.2 (Sep 8, 2018)

New in CMake 3.12.1 (Aug 10, 2018)

New in CMake 3.12.0 (Jul 18, 2018)

The “target_link_libraries()” command now supports Object
Libraries. Linking to an object library uses its object files in
direct dependents and also propagates usage requirements.
The “file(GLOB)” and “file(GLOB_RECURSE)” commands learned a new
flag “CONFIGURE_DEPENDS” which enables expression of build system
dependency on globbed directory’s contents.
The “Compile Features” functionality is now aware of C++ 20. No
specific features are yet enumerated besides the “cxx_std_20” meta-
feature.
The Visual Studio Generators for VS 2017 learned to support a
“version=14.##” option in the “CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET” value (e.g.
via the “cmake(1)” “-T” option) to specify a toolset version number.
The “cmake(1)” Build Tool Mode (“cmake –build”) gained “–
parallel [<jobs>]” and “-j [<jobs>]” options to specify a parallel
build level. They map to corresponding options of the native build
tool.
The “add_compile_definitions()” command was added to set
preprocessor definitions at directory level. This supersedes
“add_definitions()”.
The “cmake_minimum_required()” and “cmake_policy(VERSION)”
commands now accept a version range using the form
“<min>[…<max>]”. The “<min>” version is required but policies are
set based on the “<max>” version. This allows projects to specify a
range of versions for which they have been updated and avoid
explicit policy settings.
The “find_package()” command now searches a prefix specified by a
“PackageName_ROOT” CMake or environment variable. Package roots are
maintained as a stack so nested calls to all “find_*” commands
inside find modules also search the roots as prefixes. See policy
“CMP0074”.
A new “$<GENEX_EVAL:…>” and “$<TARGET_GENEX_EVAL:target,…>”
“generator expression” has been added to enable consumption of
generator expressions whose evaluation results itself in generator
expressions.
A new “$<TARGET_EXISTS:…>” “generator expression” has been
added.
A new “$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:…>” “generator expression” has
been added.
The “FindCURL” module now provides imported targets.
The “FindJPEG” module now provides imported targets.
A “FindODBC” module was added to find an Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) library.
New “FindPython3” and “FindPython2” modules, as well as a new
“FindPython” module, have been added to provide a new way to locate
python environments.

New in CMake 3.11.3 (Jun 1, 2018)

New in CMake 3.11.1 (Apr 18, 2018)

New in CMake 3.11.0 RC4 (Mar 28, 2018)

The Makefile Generators and the “Ninja” generator learned to add
compiler launcher tools along with the compiler for the “Fortran”
language (“C”, “CXX”, and “CUDA” were supported previously). See the
“CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER” variable and
“<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER” target property for details.
Visual Studio Generators learned to support the “COMPILE_LANGUAGE”
“generator expression” in target-wide “COMPILE_DEFINITIONS”,
“INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES”, “COMPILE_OPTIONS”, and “file(GENERATE)”. See
generator expression documentation for caveats.
The “Xcode” Generator learned to support the “COMPILE_LANGUAGE”
“generator expression” in target-wide “COMPILE_DEFINITIONS” and
“INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES”. It previously supported only
“COMPILE_OPTIONS” and “file(GENERATE)”. See generator expression
documentation for caveats.
“add_library()” and “add_executable()” commands can now be called
without any sources and will not complain as long as sources are
added later via the “target_sources()” command.
The “target_compile_definitions()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS” property on Imported Targets.
The “target_compile_features()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES” property on Imported Targets.
The “target_compile_options()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS” property on Imported Targets.
The “target_include_directories()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES” property on Imported Targets.
The “target_sources()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_SOURCES” property on Imported Targets.
The “target_link_libraries()” command learned to set the
“INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES” property on Imported Targets.
The “COMPILE_DEFINITIONS” source file property learned to support
“generator expressions”.
A “COMPILE_OPTIONS” source file property was added to manage list
of options to pass to the compiler.
When using “AUTOMOC” or “AUTOUIC”, CMake now starts multiple
parallel “moc” or “uic” processes to reduce the build time. A new
“CMAKE_AUTOGEN_PARALLEL” variable and “AUTOGEN_PARALLEL” target
property may be set to specify the number of parallel “moc” or “uic”
processes to start. The default is derived from the number of CPUs
on the host.

New in CMake 3.11.0 RC3 (Mar 16, 2018)

New in CMake 3.10.2 (Jan 18, 2018)

New in CMake 3.10.1 (Dec 14, 2017)

New in CMake 3.10.0 (Nov 21, 2017)

The flang Fortran compiler is now supported, with compiler id
“Flang”.
Support for the MSVC ARM64 architecture was added. Visual Studio
2017 Update 4 and above offer an ARM64 toolchain.
The “include_guard()” command was introduced to allow guarding
CMake scripts from being included more than once. The command
supports “DIRECTORY” and “GLOBAL” options to adjust the
corresponding include guard scope. If no options given, include
guard is similar to basic variable-based check.
“FindMPI” received a major overhaul. It now features language specific
components, better Fortran support, and support for statically linked
MPI implementations.
A “FindOpenACC” module was added to detect compiler support for
OpenACC. Currently only supports PGI, GNU and Cray compilers.
The “FindOpenGL” module underwent numerous improvements. It has gained
support for GLVND and EGL on Linux. It now has import targets that
separate the OpenGL library and OpenGL contexts.
The “GoogleTest” module gained a new command
“gtest_discover_tests()” implementing dynamic (build-time) test
discovery.
When using “AUTOMOC” or “AUTOUIC”, source files that are
“GENERATED” will be processed as well. They were ignored by
“AUTOMOC” and “AUTOUIC” in earlier releases. See policy “CMP0071”.
A “CTEST_LABELS_FOR_SUBPROJECTS” CTest module variable and CTest
script variable were added to specify a list of labels that should
be treated as subprojects by CDash. To use this value in both the
CTest module and the ctest command line Dashboard Client mode (e.g.
“ctest -S”) set it in the “CTestConfig.cmake” config file.
CPack gained a “FREEBSD” generator for FreeBSD “pkg(8)”,
configured by the “CPackFreeBSD” module.
The CPack “DEB” generator, configured by the “CPackDeb” module,
was enabled on Windows. While not fully featured (due to the lack
of external UNIX tools) this will allow building basic cross-
platform Debian packages.
The “cmake(1)” “-E” mode gained support for “sha1sum”,
“sha224sum”, “sha256sum”, “sha384sum”, and “sha512sum”.
The “file(GENERATE)” command now interprets relative paths given
to its “OUTPUT” and “INPUT” arguments with respect to the caller’s
current binary and source directories, respectively. See policy
“CMP0070”.

New in CMake 3.9.6 (Nov 10, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.5 (Nov 4, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.4 (Oct 4, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.3 (Sep 21, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.2 (Sep 8, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.1 (Aug 11, 2017)

New in CMake 3.9.0 (Jul 19, 2017)

Some of the more significant changes in CMake 3.9 are:
The “Visual Studio 14 2015” generator has been taught about a change to the “v140” toolset made by a VS 2015 update. VS changed the set of values it understands for the “GenerateDebugInformation” linker setting that produces the “-DEBUG” linker flag variants
"CUDA” is now supported by the Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above. This complements the existing support by the Makefile Generators and the “Ninja” generator. CUDA 8.0.61 or higher is recommended due to known bugs in the VS integration by earlier versions
CMake is now aware of the “C++ standards” and “C standards” and their associated meta-features for the following “compiler ids”Cray”, “PGI”, and “XL”
The “add_library()” command “IMPORTED” option learned to support Object Libraries
All “find_” commands now have a “PACKAGE_ROOT” search path group that is first in the search heuristics. If a “find_” command is called from inside a find module, then the CMake variable and environment variable named “_ROOT” are used as prefixes and are the first set of paths to be searched
The “install(TARGETS)” command learned a new “OBJECTS” option to specify where to install Object Libraries
The “install(EXPORT)” command learned how to export Object Libraries
A “BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR” target property and corresponding CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR” variable were added to control whether to use the “INSTALL_NAME_DIR” target property value for binaries in the build tree. This is for macOS “install_name” as BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH” is for “RPATH”
A “CUDA_PTX_COMPILATION” target property was added to Object Libraries to support compiling to “.ptx” files instead of host object files
A new “GoogleTest” module was added to provide the gtest_add_tests()” function independently of the “FindGTest” module. The function was also updated to support keyword arguments with functionality expanded to allow a test name prefix and suffix to be specified, the dependency on the source files to be optional and the list of discovered test cases to be returned to the caller
The “Ninja” generator has loosened the dependencies of object compilation. Object compilation now depends only on custom targets and custom commands associated with libraries on which the object’s target depends and no longer depends on the libraries themselves. Source files in dependent targets may now compile without waiting for their targets’ dependencies to link
Interprocedural optimization (IPO) is now supported for GNU and Clang compilers using link time optimization (LTO) flags. See the INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION” target property and CheckIPOSupported” module
The “TARGET_OBJECTS” “generator expression” is now supported by the “add_custom_command()” and “file(GENERATE)” commands

New in CMake 3.8.2 (Jun 1, 2017)

New in CMake 3.8.1 (May 3, 2017)

FindOpenSSL: Add more library name alternatives
FindBoost: Restore tolerance of backslashes in paths
Tests: Fix FindModulesExecuteAll when KDE4 is installed
Tests: Simplify CMakeOnly.AllFindModules policy settings
FindBoost: Fix library directory for VS 2017
CMake 3.8.1
CPack/RPM doc: CPACK_RPM_BUILDREQUIRES docs
source_group: Fix TREE with root that is not current source
FindMatlab: Add support for Matlab 2017a
VS: Fix project reference inspection in VS IDE
FindBoost: Allow testing for multiple compiler suffixes
FindBoost: Support prebuilt Windows binaries from SourceForge
VS2017: Verify Windows 8.1 SDK before using it
NEW FEATURES:
C#:
CMake learned to support CSharp (C#) as a first-class language that can be enabled via the project() and enable_language() commands. It is currently supported by the Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above.
C# assemblies and programs can be added just like common C++ targets using the add_library() and add_executable() commands. References between C# targets in the same source tree may be specified by target_link_libraries() like for C++. References to system or 3rd-party assemblies may be specified by the target properties VS_DOTNET_REFERENCE_<refname> and VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES.
More fine tuning of C# targets may be done using target and source file properties. Specifically the target properties related to Visual Studio (VS_*) are worth a look (for setting toolset versions, root namespaces, assembly icons, ...).
CUDA:
CMake learned to support CUDA as a first-class language that can be enabled via the project() and enable_language() commands.
CUDA is currently supported by the Makefile Generators and the Ninja generator on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Support for the Visual Studio IDE is under development but not included in this release.
The NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit compiler (nvcc) is supported.
C & C++:
The Compile Features functionality now offers meta-features that request compiler modes for specific language standard levels (e.g. cxx_std_11). See CMAKE_C_KNOWN_FEATURES and CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES.
The Compile Features functionality is now aware of C++ 17. No specific features are yet enumerated besides the cxx_std_17 meta-feature.
The Compile Features functionality is now aware of the availability of C99 in gcc since version 3.4.
Platforms:
A new minimal platform file for Fuchsia was added.
Generators:
The CodeBlocks extra generator may now be used to generate with NMake Makefiles JOM.
The Visual Studio Generators for VS 2013 and above learned to support a host=x64 option in the CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET value (e.g. via the cmake(1) -T option) to request use of a VS 64-bit toolchain on 64-bit hosts.
The Visual Studio Generators learned to treat files passed to target_link_libraries() whose names end in .targets as MSBuild “targets” files to be imported into generated project files.
Commands:
The add_custom_command() and add_custom_target() commands learned the option COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS which causes lists in the COMMAND argument to be expanded, including lists created by generator expressions.
The execute_process() command gained an ENCODING option to specify on Windows which encoding is used for output from child process.
The math(EXPR) command gained support for unary + and - operators.
The source_group() command gained TREE and PREFIX options to add groups following source tree directory structure.
The string(TIMESTAMP) command learned to treat %% as a way to encode plain %.
The string(TIMESTAMP) command will now honor the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable and use its value instead of the current time.
The try_compile() command source file signature gained new options to specify the language standard to use in the generated test project.
The try_compile() command source file signature now honors language standard variables like CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD. See policy CMP0067.
Variables:
A CMAKE_CODELITE_USE_TARGETS variable was added to tell the CodeLite extra generator to change the generated project to have target-centric organization. The build, rebuild, and clean operations within CodeLite then work on a selected target rather than the whole workspace. (Note that the Ninja clean operation on a target includes its dependencies, though.)
The CMAKE_SUBLIME_TEXT_2_ENV_SETTINGS variable was added to tell the Sublime Text 2 extra generator to place specified environment variables in the generated .sublime-project.
The CMAKE_SUBLIME_TEXT_2_EXCLUDE_BUILD_TREE variable was added to tell the Sublime Text 2 extra generator whether to exclude the build tree from the .sublime-project when it is inside the source tree.
A CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_PACKAGE_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD variable was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above to include the PACKAGE target in the default build, similar to the existing CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD variable for the INSTALL target.
Properties:
A BUILD_RPATH target property and corresponding CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH variable were added to support custom RPATH locations to be added to binaries in the build tree.
The COMPILE_FLAGS source file property learned to support generator expressions.
The FRAMEWORK target property may now also be applied to static libraries on Apple targets. It will result in a proper Framework but with a static library inside.
Imported Interface Libraries learned new IMPORTED_LIBNAME and IMPORTED_LIBNAME_<CONFIG> target properties to specify a link library name since interface libraries do not build their own library files.
A <LANG>_CPPLINT target property and supporting CMAKE_<LANG>_CPPLINT variable were introduced to tell the Makefile Generators and the Ninja generator to run the cpplint style checker along with the compiler for C and CXX languages.
A MANUALLY_ADDED_DEPENDENCIES target property has been added. It provides a read-only list of dependencies that have been added with the add_dependencies() command.
The MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_<CONFIG> target property learned to interpret empty list elements as referring to the configuration-less imported location specified by IMPORTED_LOCATION.
The NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED target property is now supported on Imported Interface Libraries.
New source file properties SKIP_AUTOMOC, SKIP_AUTOUIC, SKIP_AUTORCC, and SKIP_AUTOGEN were added to allow source files to be excluded from processing by AUTOMOC, AUTOUIC, and AUTORCC target properties.
A VS_COPY_TO_OUT_DIR source file property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above whether or not a file should e copied to the output directory.
A VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above what debugger working directory should be set for the target.
A VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES_COPY_LOCAL target property was added to specify whether to copy referenced assemblies to the output directory.
A VS_DOTNET_REFERENCE_<refname> target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above to add a .NET reference with a given hint path.
A VS_INCLUDE_IN_VSIX source file property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above whether to include the file in a Visual Studio extension package.
A VS_RESOURCE_GENERATOR source file property was added to give Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above a setting for the resource generator (C# only).
A VS_USER_PROPS target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above to use a custom MSBuild user .props file.
A XCODE_EMIT_EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME global property was added to tell the Xcode generator whether to emit the EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME variable. This is useful when building with multiple SDKs like macosx and iphoneos in parallel.
New XCODE_PRODUCT_TYPE and XCODE_EXPLICIT_FILE_TYPE target properties were created to tell the Xcode generator to use custom values of the corresponding attributes for a target in the generated Xcode project.
Modules:
A CSharpUtilities module was added to aid parameterization of Visual Studio C# targets. It provides functions to allow automated setting of source file properties to support Windows Forms, WPF/XAML or other technologies as needed.
The ExternalData module learned to support multiple content links for one data file using different hashes, e.g. img.png.sha256 and img.png.sha1. This allows objects to be fetched from sources indexed by different hash algorithms.
The ExternalProject module gained the GIT_PROGRESS option to force Git to show progress when cloning repositories.
The ExternalProject module gained a GIT_CONFIG option to pass --config options to Git when cloning repositories.
The FeatureSummary module feature_summary() command now accepts a new QUIET_ON_EMPTY option that suppresses the output when the list of packages that belong to the selected category is empty.
The FeatureSummary module add_feature_info() command now accepts lists of dependencies for deciding whether a feature is enabled or not.
The package types accepted by the FeatureSummary module can now be tweaked by changing the FeatureSummary_PKG_TYPES, FeatureSummary_REQUIRED_PKG_TYPES and FeatureSummary_DEFAULT_PKG_TYPE global properties.
The FindOpenGL module now provides imported targets OpenGL::GL and OpenGL::GLU when the libraries are found.
The UseSWIG module gained a swig_add_library command to give more flexibility over the old swig_add_module command.
The UseSWIG module swig_add_source_to_module command learned a new SWIG_OUTFILE_DIR option to control the output file location (swig -o).
The WriteCompilerDetectionHeader module gained the ALLOW_UNKNOWN_COMPILERS and ALLOW_UNKNOWN_COMPILER_VERSIONS options that allow creation of headers that will work also with unknown or old compilers by simply assuming they do not support any of the requested features.
CTest:
The ctest_memcheck() command gained a DEFECT_COUNT <var> option to capture the number of memory defects detected.
The ctest_memcheck() command learned to read the location of suppressions files for sanitizers from the CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE variable.
The ctest_memcheck() command learned to support LeakSanitizer independently from AddressSanitizer.
The ctest_update() command CDASH_UPLOAD signature was taught to honor the RETRY_COUNT, RETRY_DELAY, and QUIET options.
CPack:
The CPackIFWConfigureFile module was added to define a new cpack_ifw_configure_file() command to configure file templates prepared in QtIFW/SDK/Creator style.
The CPackIFW module cpack_ifw_configure_component() and cpack_ifw_configure_component_group() commands gained a new DEFAULT, VIRTUAL, FORCED_INSTALLATION, REQUIRES_ADMIN_RIGHTS, DISPLAY_NAME, UPDATE_TEXT, DESCRIPTION, RELEASE_DATE, AUTO_DEPEND_ON and TRANSLATIONS options to more specific configuration.
The CPackIFW module cpack_ifw_configure_component() command gained a new DEPENDENCIES alias for DEPENDS option.
The CPackIFW module cpack_ifw_configure_component_group() command gained a new DEPENDS option. The DEPENDENCIES alias also added.
The CPackIFW module cpack_ifw_configure_component() and cpack_ifw_configure_component_group() commands PRIORITY option now is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake. Please use new SORTING_PRIORITY option instead.
The CPackIFW module gained new CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WATERMARK, CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_BANNER, CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_BACKGROUND, CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_STYLE, CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_DEFAULT_WIDTH, CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_DEFAULT_HEIGHT, and CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_TITLE_COLOR variables to customize a QtIFW installer look.
The CPackProductBuild module gained options to sign packages. See the variables CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_IDENTITY_NAME, CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_KEYCHAIN_PATH, CPACK_PKGBUILD_IDENTITY_NAME, and CPACK_PKGBUILD_KEYCHAIN_PATH.
The CPackRPM module learned to omit tags that are not supported by provided rpmbuild tool. If unsupported tags are set they are ignored and a developer warning is printed out.
The CPackRPM module learned to generate main component package which forces generation of a rpm for defined component without component suffix in filename and package name. See CPACK_RPM_MAIN_COMPONENT variable.
The CPackRPM module learned to generate a single debuginfo package on demand even if components packaging is used. See CPACK_RPM_DEBUGINFO_SINGLE_PACKAGE variable.
The CPackRPM module learned to support multiple directives per file when using CPACK_RPM_USER_FILELIST variable.
Other:
CMake functionality using cryptographic hashes now supports SHA-3 algorithms.
A new generator expression $<IF:cond,true-value,false-value> was added. It resolves to the true-value if the condition is 1 and resolves to the false-value if the condition is 0.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
The FeatureSummary module commands set_package_info(), set_feature_info(), print_enabled_features(), and print_disabled_features() are now deprecated.
The UseSWIG module swig_add_module command is now deprecated in favor of swig_add_library.
Other Changes:
If a command specified by the <LANG>_CLANG_TIDY target property returns non-zero at build time this is now treated as an error instead of silently ignored.
The ctest_memcheck() command no longer automatically adds leak_check=1 to the options used by AddressSanitizer. The default behavior of AddressSanitizer is to run LeakSanitizer to check leaks unless leak_check=0.
The ctest_memcheck() command was fixed to correctly append extra sanitizer options read from the CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_SANITIZER_OPTIONS variable to the environment variables used internally by the sanitizers.
The FeatureSummary module set_package_properties() command no longer forces the package type to OPTIONAL when the type is not explicitly set.
The Compile Features functionality is now aware of features supported by Intel C++ compilers versions 12.1 through 17.0 on UNIX and Windows platforms.
Calls to the FindPkgConfig module pkg_check_modules() command following a successful call learned to re-evaluate the cached values for a given prefix after changes to the parameters to the command for that prefix.
When using AUTOMOC or AUTOUIC, generated moc_*, *.moc and ui_* are placed in the <CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR>/<TARGETNAME>_autogen/include directory which is automatically added to the target’s INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES. It is therefore not necessary anymore to have CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR in the target’s INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.
The Sublime Text 2 generator no longer runs the native build command (e.g. ninja or make) with verbose build output enabled.
The try_compile() command source file signature now honors the CMAKE_WARN_DEPRECATED variable value in the generated test project.
The Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above now place per-source file flags after target-wide flags when they are classified as raw flags with no project file setting (AdditionalOptions). This behavior is more consistent with the ordering of flags produced by other generators, and allows flags on more-specific properties (per-source) to override those on more general ones (per-target).
The precompiled Windows binary MSI package provided on cmake.org now records the installation directory in the Windows Registry under the key HKLMSoftwareKitwareCMake with a value named InstallDir.

New in CMake 3.7.0 RC 1 (Oct 5, 2016)

HIGHLIGHTS:
CMake now supports Cross Compiling for Android with simple toolchain files.
The “Ninja” generator learned to conditionally support Fortran when using a “ninja” tool that has the necessary features. See generator documentation for details.
The “if()” command gained new boolean comparison operations “LESS_EQUAL”, “GREATER_EQUAL”, “STRLESS_EQUAL”, “STRGREATER_EQUAL”, “VERSION_LESS_EQUAL”, and “VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL”.
The “try_compile()” command source file signature now honors configuration-specific flags (e.g. “CMAKE__FLAGS_DEBUG”) in the generated test project. Previously only the default such flags for the current toolchain were used. See policy “CMP0066”.
“Toolchain files” may now set “CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT”, “CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT”, and “CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT” variables to initialize the “CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS”, “CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS”, and “CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS” cache entries the first time a language is enabled in a build tree.
CTest now supports test fixtures through the new “FIXTURES_SETUP”, “FIXTURES_CLEANUP” and “FIXTURES_REQUIRED” test properties. When using regular expressions or “–rerun-failed” to limit the tests to be run, a fixture’s setup and cleanup tests will automatically be added to the execution set if any test requires that fixture.
We no longer provide Linux i386 binaries for download from “cmake.org” for new versions of CMake.
Vim support files “cmake-indent.vim”, “cmake-syntax.vim”, and “cmake-help.vim” have been removed in favor of the files now provided from the vim-cmake-syntax project.
Support for building CMake itself with some compilers was dropped (CMake still supports generating build systems for other projects using these compilers):
Visual Studio 7.1 and 2005 — superseded by VS 2008 and above
MinGW.org mingw32 — superseded by MSYS2 mingw32 and mingw64
NEW FEATURES:
Platforms:
CMake now supports Cross Compiling for Android with simple toolchain files.
The Clang compiler is now supported on AIX.
Generators:
The "Ninja" generator learned to conditionally support Fortran when using a "ninja" tool that has the necessary features. See generator documentation for details.
The "Ninja" generator learned to produce phony targets of the form "sub/dir/{test,install,package}" to drive the build of a subdirectory installation, test or packaging target. This is equivalent to "cd sub/dir; make {test,install,package}" with Makefile Generators.
The "Visual Studio 15" generator was added. This is experimental and based on Preview 4 because this version of VS has not been released.
Visual Studio Generators for VS 2010 and above learned to place ".natvis" source files into VS project files properly.
The "Xcode" generator's rudimentary Swift language support learned to honor a new "CMAKE_Swift_LANGUAGE_VERSION" variable to tell Xcode what version of Swift is used by the source.
The "CodeLite" generator gained a new "CMAKE_CODELITE_USE_TARGETS" option to change project creation from projects to targets.
Commands:
The "add_custom_command()" command gained a new "DEPFILE" option that works with the "Ninja" generator to provide implicit dependency information to the build tool.
The "cmake_parse_arguments()" command gained a new "PARSE_ARGV" mode to read arguments directly from "ARGC" and "ARGV#" variables inside a "function()" body.
The "export()" command gained an "ANDROID_MK" option to generate "Android.mk" files referencing CMake-built libraries as prebuilts for the Android NDK build system.
The "file(DOWNLOAD)" and "file(UPLOAD)" commands gained "HTTPHEADER " and "USERPWD :" options.
The "find_library()" and "find_package()" commands learned to search in "lib32/" directories when the build targets a 32-bit architecture. See the "FIND_LIBRARY_USE_LIB32_PATHS" global property.
The "find_package()" command gained the possibility of sorting compatible libraries by "NAME" or by "NATURAL" sorting by setting the two new variables "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_ORDER" and "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_DIRECTION".
The "if()" command gained new boolean comparison operations "LESS_EQUAL", "GREATER_EQUAL", "STRLESS_EQUAL", "STRGREATER_EQUAL", "VERSION_LESS_EQUAL", and "VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL".
The "install()" command gained an "EXPORT_ANDROID_MK" subcommand to install "Android.mk" files referencing installed libraries as prebuilts for the Android NDK build system.
The "string(TIMESTAMP)" and "file(TIMESTAMP)" commands gained support for the "%a" and "%b" placeholders. These are the abbreviated weekday and month names.
The "try_compile()" command source file signature now honors configuration-specific flags (e.g. "CMAKE__FLAGS_DEBUG") in the generated test project. Previously only the default such flags for the current toolchain were used. See policy "CMP0066".
Variables:
Variable "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_ORDER" was added to control the sorting mode of the "find_package()" command.
Variable "CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_DIRECTION" was added to control the sorting direction the "find_package()" command.
"Toolchain files" may now set a "CMAKE__FLAGS_INIT" variable to initialize the "CMAKE__FLAGS" cache entry the first time a language is enabled in a build tree.
"Toolchain files" may now set "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT", "CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT", and "CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT" variables to initialize the "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS", "CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS", and "CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS" cache entries the first time a language is enabled in a build tree.
Properties:
On Apple platforms the "BUNDLE_EXTENSION" target property now also applies to Frameworks and App Bundles.
A "BINARY_DIR" directory property was added to get the absolute path to the binary directory corresponding to the source directory on which the property is read.
A "BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS" directory property was added to get the list of logical buildsystem target names added by the project in a directory.
A "LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE" target property and supporting "CMAKE_LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE" variable were introduced to detect (on UNIX) shared libraries that are linked but not needed by running "ldd -r -u".
A "SOURCE_DIR" directory property was added to get the absolute path to the source directory associated with a directory.
A "SUBDIRECTORIES" directory property was added to get the list of subdirectories added by a project in a directory.
A "VS_SDK_REFERENCES" target property was added to tell Visual Studio Generators to reference the named SDKs.
A "VS_TOOL_OVERRIDE" source file property was created to tell Visual Studio Generators what tool to use for a source file.
The "WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS" target property now applies to executable targets with the "ENABLE_EXPORTS" property set.
A "XCODE_FILE_ATTRIBUTES" source file property was added to tell the "Xcode" generator to generate custom content in the Xcode project attributes for the file.
Modules:
An "AndroidTestUtilities" module was added to manage transfer of test data to an Android device.
The "CheckFortranSourceCompiles" module macro "CHECK_Fortran_SOURCE_COMPILES" gained a "SRC_EXT" option to specify a custom test Fortran source file extension.
The "ExternalProject" module gained "HTTP_USERNAME" and "HTTP_PASSWORD" options to set http download credentials.
The "ExternalProject" module gained a "HTTP_HEADER" option to add http download headers.
The "FindBISON" module "BISON_TARGET" macro learned a new "REPORT_FILE" option to specify the bison "--report-file=" option.
The "FindBZip2" module now provides imported targets.
A "FindICU" module was introduced to find the International Components for Unicode (ICU) libraries and programs.
The "FindMatlab" module learned to find a SIMULINK component.
The "FindOpenCL" module now provides imported targets.
The "FindOpenMP" module learned to detect the OpenMP version (specification date) from the compiler.
A "FindVulkan" module was added.
The "GenerateExportHeader" module learned a new "CUSTOM_CONTENT_FROM_VARIABLE" option to specify a variable containing custom content for inclusion in the generated header.
The "GNUInstallDirs" module gained a new "GNUInstallDirs_get_absolute_install_dir()" command.
The "UseJava" module gained APIs to "export" jar targets for use by external CMake projects. See the "install_jar_exports" and "export_jars" functions.
CTest:
CTest now supports test fixtures through the new "FIXTURES_SETUP", "FIXTURES_CLEANUP" and "FIXTURES_REQUIRED" test properties. When using regular expressions or "--rerun-failed" to limit the tests to be run, a fixture's setup and cleanup tests will automatically be added to the execution set if any test requires that fixture.
The "ctest_configure()", "ctest_build()", "ctest_test()", "ctest_coverage()", and "ctest_upload()" commands gained a new "CAPTURE_CMAKE_ERROR" option to capture any errors that occur as the commands run into a variable and avoid affecting the return code of the "ctest(1)" process.
CPack:
CPack gained a "productbuild" generator on OS X, configured by the "CPackProductBuild" module.
CPack gained a new "CPACK_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM" variable to enable generation of a checksum file for each package file.
The "CPackDeb" module learned to support long file names when archive format is set to GNU tar. See "CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE"
The "CPackIFW" module gained a new "cpack_ifw_add_package_resources()" command to include additional resources in the installer binary.
The "CPackIFW" module "cpack_ifw_configure_component()" and "cpack_ifw_configure_component_group()" commands gained a new "USER_INTERFACES" option to add a list of additonal pages to the IFW installer.
The "CPackRPM" module learned to generate debuginfo packages on demand. See "CPACK_RPM_DEBUGINFO_PACKAGE" and its per component version.
The "CPackRPM" module learned to generate source rpm (SRPM) packages on demand. See "CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SOURCES", "CPACK_RPM_SOURCE_PKG_BUILD_PARAMS" and "CPACK_RPM_SOURCE_PKG_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX".
The CPack NSIS generator now supports "CPACK_NSIS__INSTALL_DIRECTORY". This can be used to set component specific installation directories.
The CPack WIX generator now supports "CPACK_WIX_SKIP_PROGRAM_FOLDER" to allow specification of a custom absolute installation prefix outside of the ProgramFiles folders.
The CPack WIX generator now supports "CPACK_COMPONENT__DISABLED". This can be used to deselect a component from being installed by default.
The CPack WIX generator now supports "CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE" fragments for Feature elements.
The CPack WIX generator now supports "CPACK_WIX_ROOT_FEATURE_TITLE" and "CPACK_WIX_ROOT_FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" to allow the specification of a custom title and description for the root feature element.
Other:
"cmake(1)" gained a "-E capabilities" option to provide a machine- readable (JSON) description of the capabilities of the cmake tool (available generators, etc.).
A new "cmake-server(7)" mode was added to provide semantic information about a CMake-generated buildsystem to clients through a JSON protocol. Currently all protocols are experimental and subject to change.
The "cmake(1)" command learned a "--trace-source=" option.
"ccmake(1)" learned to support vim-like navigation bindings.
"cmake-gui(1)" gained a button to open the generated project file for Visual Studio Generators and the "Xcode" generator.
Deprecated and Removed Features:
We no longer provide Linux i386 binaries for download from "cmake.org" for new versions of CMake.
Vim support files "cmake-indent.vim", "cmake-syntax.vim", and "cmake-help.vim" have been removed in favor of the files now provided from the vim-cmake-syntax project.
Support for building CMake itself with some compilers was dropped (CMake still supports generating build systems for other projects using these compilers):
Visual Studio 7.1 and 2005 -- superseded by VS 2008 and above
MinGW.org mingw32 -- superseded by MSYS2 mingw32 and mingw64
Other Changes:
The Fortran dependency scanner learned to support the syntax of Fortran Submodules.
Vim support files "indent/cmake.vim" and "syntax/cmake.vim" from the vim-cmake-syntax project are now distributed with CMake.

New in CMake 3.6 (Sep 8, 2016)

[CMake] LIST(FILTER [ ...] [OUTPUT_VARIABLE ]) - closed.
[CPack] CPack DEBdefault to standard Debian package file names
[CPack] CPackDeb.cmake creates debian directory only, DEBIAN sometimes needed - dpkg-shlibdeps bails out upon a $ORIGIN RPATH
[CMake] AUTOMOC produces same output moc file if target has two source files resides in different sub-directory
[CPack] cpack deb generator components specify output names
[CMake] Ninja generator doesn't set version in dylib
[CTest] CTest interprets "NoteNo relevant classes found. No output generated." string as compilation erro
file(GLOB) and file(GLOB_RECURSE) indeterministic
[CPack] CPack doesn't allow to create RPM with other user/group than root/root
[CMake] [ninja] system wide header change doesn't start project rebuild. - closed.
[CMake] No way to exclude a component install() from a full installation - closed.
[CMake] The ExternalProject should use the --depth option when working with git (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] CMake.App bundle is malformed which prevents code signing it
[CMake] Target property that sets Startup Project in MSVC - closed.
[Modules] Eclipse Generator does accept / as seperator in SOURCE_GROUP instead of \
[Modules] FindBoost ignores Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATH in debug builds
[CMake] Detecting custom arm-none-eabi-g++ compiler (Brad King) - closed.
[Modules] FindOpenssl can't find self built openssl but prefers slproweb openssl - closed.
[CMake] CMake Does Not Use -isystem with GCC on OS X
[CMake] Ninja generator is non-deterministic
[CMake] GHS Multi GeneratorCOPY_FILE in try_compile does not work
[CMake] cmSystemTools::RandomSeed() requests excessive entropy per invocation
[CMake] STATUS variable to FILE(DOWNLOAD) does not consider HASH mismatch failures
[CMake] CMake will crash if project command is used in the toolchain file
[CMake] 'cmake -U*' causes SIGABRT in cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage()
[CMake] cmake-mode.elcmake-helpone help item is missing for each 'type'
[CMake] Cannot build on OS X with GCC
[Modules] GenerateExportHeader DEFINE_NO_DEPRECATED define conflicts
[Modules] Add support to use OpenBLAS to FindBLAS/FindLAPACK
[CMake] GHS Generator does not support LINK_FLAGS property
[CMake] Various typos
[CMake] CHECK_COMPILER_FLAG_COMMON_PATTERNS doesn't match clang-cl's unknown argument warning
[CMake] GHS Multi Generatorduplicate object file names (geoffviola) - closed.
[CMake] Extra space on NDEBUG in release builds causes flag to be ignored
[CMake] FindBoostNo imported target when components not specified
[CMake] define SOLARIS and CMAKE_HOST_SOLARIS as a cmake built-in - closed.
[CMake] Missing /usr/local/bin causes --install script to fail.
[CMakeSetup] Compilation error on ./bootstrap
[CMake] flex macro can't handle parenthesis in path - closed.
[Modules] InstallRequiredSystemLibraries and VS 2015 Universal CRT libraries
[CMake] CMake on Cygwin with clang not creating expected dll.a
[CMake] ExternalProject with empty GIT_SUBMODULES does not initialize submodules of submodules
[CMake] Clarify documentation of --build as a separate command mode
[CMake] Latest CMake bundles insecure copy of Expat
[CMake] Implicit link information parsing reads the wrong line from 'pathcc -v' output (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Address "RegularExpression::compile()Expression too big."
[CPack] get_prerequisites failed to locate installed Microsoft Visual Studio if installed into not default location - closed.
[CMake] Memory leak during function call
[CMake] CMake crashes at generation stage
[CMake] CMake multi-processor compilation for Fortran projects
[Documentation] CMAKE_ECLIPSE_GENERATE_LINKED_RESOURCES variable is not documented

New in CMake 3.5.2 (Sep 8, 2016)

New in CMake 3.5.1 (Sep 8, 2016)

New in CMake 3.5.0 (Sep 8, 2016)

[CMake] CMake Error: Parse error in cache file /home/mathieu/Perso/gdcm/debug-gcc/CMakeCache.txt. Offending entry: (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Add command line options for deprecation message control (Stephen Kelly) - closed.
[CMake] Issue deprecation warnings by default. (Stephen Kelly) - closed.
[Modules] FindDCMTK.cmake outdated (Matt McCormick) - closed.
[Modules] pkg_check_modules() should add PREFIX/share/pkgconfig to PKG_CONFIG_PATH - closed.
[CMake] [Buildroot] [PATCH] cmake: use system libzma when the xz package is enabled (Brad King) - closed.
[Modules] UseJava add_jar incorrect documentation for target property (Brad King) - closed.
[Documentation] Documentation for RPM CPack generator is missing a number of the variables that it supports (Domen Vrankar) - closed.
[CMake] cmake generates corrupt Xcode projects for KDE projects (Gregor Jasny) - closed.
[CMake] Clarify why add_custom_command(TARGET ...) can't see in scope target (Brad King) - closed.
[CPack] BundleUtilities broken on Win10 (MSVC 2015) (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Clang CXX feature detection disabled on WIN32 platforms (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Building CUDA files fails when source path contains parenthesis - closed.
[CMake] Use after free in regexp functionality (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] CMake GUI crashes generating FLTK 1.3.3 project files on Windows 10 - closed.
Ninja generated superbuilds do not reinstall dependent projects - closed.
[CMake] cmake-gui.1 man page should not be installed unless --qt-gui is given (Brad King) - closed.
[CTest] ctest FTP failure (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Using CMake-Gui to run generate for Windows followed by generate for Unix generates incorrect Unix makefiles (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] cmake-gui crashes when I click configure or generate on GLFW project (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Visual Studio 2015 does not work with v120 toolset (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Support creating of Framework for iOS (Gregor Jasny) - closed.
[CMake] CMake fails to support existing custom VS_GLOBAL_* properties in VS10 (ProjectExtensions -> VisualStudio -> UserProperties) - closed.
[CMake] cmSystemTools::GetShortPath works not correct - closed.
[CMakeSetup] CMake installer can't modify %PATH% if it's 'loo long'. (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] file(STRINGS ..) doesn't work on single character files. (Clinton Stimpson) - closed.
[CPack] The DragNDrop CPack generator has an off-by-one in its code line-wrapping LICENSE files configured in CPack - closed.
[CMake] MACOSX_BUNDLE path problem when building for iOS with Xcode - closed.
[CMake] Documentation is not mention about support for iOS Application Bundle and iOS Framework Bundle (Gregor Jasny) - closed.
[CMake] "cmake -E copy" support for multiple files - closed.
[CMake] Generalize RESOURCE target property to by used by all Bundles (not only by FRAMEWORK) - closed.
[CMake] .def files are not visible in Visual Studio project tree - closed.
[CMake] XCode generated profiles for xcode 7.1 gets warning: Turn on "Enable Testability" When Debugging (Gregor Jasny) - closed.
ALIAS target scope regression (Stephen Kelly) - closed.
CPack WIX generator should set top feature to be mandatory (Nils Gladitz) - closed.
[CMake] AUTORCC not generating files with Qt 5.1 (Brad King) - closed.
[Modules] FindPkgConfig.cmake: error returned to the user may be wrong when checking for package existence (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] Add support for resw files for Windows RT & Windows Phone platforms (Gilles Khouzam) - closed.
[CPack] When setting CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT to macosx, CPack fails (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] OS X: Filesystem timestamp checks use only 1s resolution (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] GHS-MULTI Generator Uses Macros in GPJs Uncompatible With Older Versions (geoffviola) - closed.
[CMake] FindFlex should have a DEFINES_FILE option in analogue with FIndBison - closed.
Enable ANSI colors when CLICOLOR_FORCE is set to 1 (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] The Xcode generator consumes all arguments beginning with "-O" even when they're not optimization flags. (Gregor Jasny) - closed.
[Documentation] add_test page ought to specify what constitutes a valid test (Brad King) - closed.
[CMake] FindGit does not work when git is installed through SourceTree (Brad King) - closed.
[Modules] FindOpenSSL.cmake does not honor OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR (Brad King) - closed.
[CPack] The WiX patch file parser ignores text nodes. (Nils Gladitz) - closed.

New in CMake 3.2.3 (Jun 2, 2015)

New in CMake 3.2.2 (Jun 2, 2015)

New in CMake 3.2.1 (Jun 2, 2015)

New in CMake 3.2.0 RC 2 (Feb 28, 2015)

[CMake] configure_file is not WARNING about ill-named parameter COPYONLY - resolved.
[CMake] CMake cannot building by VC6 with PSDK - resolved.
[CMake] Wrong encoding for generated .sln - resolved.
[Modules] CheckStructHasMember breaks on -Wunused-value - resolved.
[CMake] FindJNI missing JAVA_AWT_LIBRARY on JDK9 as jdk/lib/ is not included in JAVA_AWT_LIBRARY_DIRECTORIES - resolved.
[CMake] configure_file documentation could be more useful by specifing exactly where the files are generated - resolved.
Toolset is not updated/loaded correctly in CMake GUI - resolved.
[CMake] Xcode generator fails to re-configure existing build tree when CMake has moved - resolved.
[CPack] Default value for CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT when installing 64 bit binaries is $PROGRAMFILES - resolved.
[CMake] Clarify try_compile and try_run documentation - resolved.
[CMake] [AUTOUI] Simplifiy wrong headers - resolved.
[CMake] Target property INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES doesn't seem to work- resolved.
[CMake] Ninja generator causes build failure for ASM files via NASM - resolved.
[CMake] cmake should support ninja's "console" pool - resolved.
[CMake] Ninja: wrong check for link with RSP_FILE - resolved.
[CMake] ExternalProject's BUILD_ALWAYS flag doesn't clear any existing build stamp file - resolved.
[CMake] cmake add_custom_command issue with multiple output files - resolved.
[Modules] cmake --find-package ignores multi-arch dir - resolved.
[CMake] Provided CMAKE_*_LINKER_FLAGS ignored during configuration step - resolved.
[CMake] cmake 3.1 doesn't know how to select CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11 on Mac OS - resolved.
[CMake] CMake GUI browser cannot handle Unicode paths - resolved.
[CMake] generated .vcproj with wrong encoding - resolved.
[CMake] "Could not copy from" On Windows 7 (Simplified Chinese) - resolved.
[CMake] CMake won't generate Visual Studio projects with working paths that have Unicode charactors - resolved.
[CMake] CMake fails to copy Visual Studio macro files into folder with non-latin symbols - resolved.
[CMake] Wrong version found when overriding System OpenSSL with custom path (-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=) - resolved.
[CMake] Documentation clarification - resolved.
[CMake] 3.0.2-3.1rc2: _IMPORT_PREFIX always used even if absolute paths are in use - thus breaking build - resolved.
[CMake] find_library does not account for directory modification between calls - resolved.
[CMake] FindMPI.cmake fails to properly detect Intel MPI 5.0.1- resolved.
[CMake] /wd flags in source COMPILE_FLAGS replace /wd flags from other sources in Visual Studio generator - resolved.
[CMake] Xcode generator is unusably slow on large projects - resolved.
0014963: [CMake] Add explicit specification of custom command side effect outputs - resolved.
[Modules] FindOpenGL.cmake incorrectly depends on X11 on Linux - resolved.
[CPack] CPackRPM: need CPACK_RPM__PACKAGE__REQUIRES - resolved.
[CPack] CPackRPM support for per-component summary/description - resolved.
[CMake] CMake unconditionally sets WARNING_CFLAGS for each targets overriding project-level option. - resolved.
[CMake] Qt 5: resources aren't being updated when CMAKE_AUTORCC is used - resolved.
[CMake] add_jar() in UseJava.cmake uses wrong classpath seperator when cross-compiling under Windows - resolved.

New in CMake 3.1.3 (Feb 28, 2015)

New in CMake 3.1.2 (Feb 28, 2015)

New in CMake 3.1.1 (Jan 23, 2015)

New in CMake 3.1.0 (Dec 29, 2014)

[CMake] if(variable STREQUAL string) can treak LHS as a variable name - resolved.
[CMake] Verbose install - resolved.
[CMake] file GENERATE does not support generator expression for paramter INPUT - resolved.
[CMake] Add hlsl compiler support to Visual Studio 2012 - resolved.
[CMake] Error getting iOS compiler identification on master - resolved.
[CMake] ps2pdf not detected when cross-compiling - resolved.
problem to find non-standard ncurses.h location
[CMake] CMake doesn't escape # properly in add_compile_options with Makefile generator
[CMake] Error getting iOS compiler identification on master
[Modules] Duplicated lines in FindPythonInterp.cmake
[CMake] Document NVIDIA Nsight Tegra configuration settings
[CMake] setting CMAKE_RC_FLAGS has no affect on rc flags
[CMake] Compiler identification fails with -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore
regex match when not matched do not clear cmake_match_0 and 1 var
[CMake] Source file properties are lost, if the name of the file is not specified case sensitive.
[Documentation] GET_PROPERTY and SET_PROPERTY need update for installed file properties
[CMakeSetup] When cross compiling, "make install" invokes target "cmake" instead of host version
[CMake] Make GNUInstallDirs more discoverable in the documentation
[CMake] No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found (3.1.0-rc1 regression)
[CMake] Clarify add_compile_options command documentation
[Modules] Find_package(Curses) failed for QNX 6.5 and QNX 6.6
[Modules] CheckTypeSize changes CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION
[Documentation] Please document CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_*
[CMake] Ninja gen generates invalid phony dependencies for source files with in-source build
[CMake] ps2pdf not detected when cross-compiling
[Modules] FindThreads.cmake: several small bugs
[CPack] Allow properties on installed directories
[CMake] find_package(PythonLibs) finds different version of Python headers and libraries
[CMake] Visual Studio 9 generator does not output Custom Build Tool command line for assembler sources
[CMake] Add support for Intel Fortran 15.0 Visual Studio
[Modules] typo in Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake
[CPack] WiX : Remember the INSTALL_ROOT directory for upgrades
[CMake] AUTOUIC not generating all needed ui_xxx.h files
[CMake] enable_language reports failure to find a module, but not which one
[CMake] FindGettext.cmake documentation issue
[CMake] FindProtobuf: Generated source not regenerated on library update
[CMake] Sometime, CMake can't find clang/clang++ - resolved.
[CMake] if expansion of quoted arguments as variables should be deprecated
[CMake] WindowsCE: /SUBSYSTEM and /ENTRYPOINT does not end up in the generated Visual Studio project
[Modules] UseSWIG rebuilds source even when the the dependencies have not changed
[CMake] Add support for WinRT platforms and "metro" apps
[CMake] CMake does not support generating projects for Windows Phone 8. (Brad King) - resolved.
[CMake] Symlinked lib directories confuse cmake
[CMake] add_custom_command: Clarify documented relationship of multiple COMMANDs
[Documentation] Document that the CHECK_* macros create cache variables
[Modules] CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR not detected on GNU/Hurd
[CMake] Imported libraries go out of scope after call to target_link_libraries()..
[CMake] XCode generator cannot add assetcatalog assets
InstallRequiredSystemLibraries does not install OpenMP library on MSVC
[CCMake] /ZW- compiler flag to disable CompileAsWinRT property in Visual Studio project
[CPack] Setting file permissions for the cpack WiX generator through install properties
[CMake] Platform information override files are not loaded for assembler.
[Modules] FindOpenMP does not return Fortran flags
[CMake] Incorrect compiler flag not detected for Intel
[CMake] ExternalProject: Clarify SVN_REVISION usage in documentation
[Modules] FindMPI sets MPIEXEC to wrong executable
[CTest] MSVC level 3 warning in test code
[CMake] Clarify documentation of CMake custom build step PRE_LINK/PRE_BUILD
[Documentation] "This is not security software." too sloppy
[CMake] FILE(STRINGS) does not work correctly for UTF8 encoded strings
[Modules] CheckIncludeFiles uses old-style function definition
[CMake] Add QUIET option to install() command
[CMake] target_link_libraries: clarify documented treatment of link flags (Brad King) - resolved.
[Modules] check_cxx_compiler_flag fails when variable name contains "++" [CMake] visual studio 2012 generator ampersand escaping
[CMake] Detect more fujitsu compiler warnings
[CMake] ExternalProject doesn’t handle .tar.xz
[CMake] libarchive supports 7-Zip, Add 7-Zip support to cmake - resolved.
[CMake] 7z ( LZMA and LZMA2) support for cpack - resolved.
[CPack] Allow CPack to generate tar.xz archives - resolved.
[CMake] Specifying CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ after first run deletes all cached values
[CMake] CMake needs to support building against "/" on OS X with a deployment target set.
[CMake] Generalize LINK_ONLY
[CMake] Build fails with Cray compiler on Linux - resolved.
[CMake] AUTORCC doesn't work with OBJECT library
[Modules] FindImageMagick.cmake needs update for ImageMagick >= 6.8.0-8, perhaps use pkgconfig
[CMake] [CMake/Ninja] add_dependencies() to objlib's user is ignored.
[Modules] CMakeFindBinUtils always search for install_name_tool even when cross compiling on OSX
[CMake] VS14 VS2014 Support
[CMake] Static library can miss some object files
[CTest] ctest doesn't manage correctly the -LE and -L flags
[CMake] [RFE] Produce shorted output for cmake/ccmake when no arguments specified
[CMake] cmake succeeds evaluating a script that is a directory
archive_write_header: Can't translate pathname 'bin/教學程式' to UTF-8 - resolved.
[CMake] Need a way to disable CMake package registry
[Modules] findboost.cmake can't find boost::graph_parallel library
[CMake] CMake has no cross-platform way to ask for C99
[CMake] $ with add_custom_target does not work
[CMake] Visual Studio 7-9 generators case bools incorrectly
[CMake] No Support for C++11
[CMake] Xcode projects with binary files cannot load in Xcode
[CPack] What options do I have to set the NeverOverwrite and Permanent attributes for Components that install files from CPack?
[Modules] FindPkgConfig module doesn't honor CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.
[Modules] GTEST_ADD_TESTS doesn't use new signature ADD_TEST(NAME name COMMAND command): generated executable is then not found
[CPack] Cpack crashes when issuing a bad Wix Patch
[CMake] Unpacking Qt 5.2.1 source distribution fails (ExternalProject_Add)
[CMake] CMake's ENABLE_ACL option does not stop CMake looking for libacl.h
[CMake] RunCMake.include_directories (SourceDirectoryInInterface & BinaryDirectoryInInterface) tests fail.
[CMake] Flags specified for the compiler do not stay together during processing.
[Modules] Java add_jar() doesn't copy resources to build directory when make is run for the first time - closed.
[Modules] CheckTypeSize does not work if C language is not enabled [CMake] Inconsistent behaviour between find_package and pkg_check_modules
[CMake] file(DOWNLOAD) progress goes wild
[CMake] CMake 2.8.12.2 cannot be built on HP-UX 11.11 (hppa)
[CMake] typo in comment, Source/cmELF.cxx
[QtDialog] Crash in QCMake.cxx
[CMake] FindPkgConfig.cmake should respect environment variable PKG_CONFIG just like autotools do
[Modules] GTEST_ADD_TESTS from FindGTest may find sources automatically
[CMake] OBJECT libraries cause Fortran to relink each time
[CMake] --graphviz generates many files
[CMake] Add target properties to specify MS compiler PDB files (

New in CMake 3.1.0 RC 3 (Dec 11, 2014)

Fixed issues:
0015275: [Modules] Duplicated lines in FindPythonInterp.cmake (Rolf Eike Beer)
0015070: [CMake] CMake doesn't escape # properly in add_compile_options with Makefile generator (Brad King)
0015276: [CMake] Document NVIDIA Nsight Tegra configuration settings (Brad King)
0010194: [CMake] setting CMAKE_RC_FLAGS has no affect on rc flags
0015228: [CMake] Compiler identification fails with -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore (Gilles Khouzam)
0015261: regex match when not matched do not clear cmake_match_0 and 1 var (Ben Boeckel)
0015259: [CMake] Source file properties are lost, if the name of the file is not specified case sensitive. (Brad King)
0015266: [Documentation] GET_PROPERTY and SET_PROPERTY need update for installed file properties (Brad King)
0015248: [CMakeSetup] When cross compiling, "make install" invokes target "cmake" instead of host version (Brad King)
0015246: [CMake] Make GNUInstallDirs more discoverable in the documentation (Brad King)
0015237: [CMake] No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found (3.1.0-rc1 regression) (Brad King)
0015214: [CMake] Error getting iOS compiler identification on master (Brad King)
0015225: [CMake] Clarify add_compile_options command documentation (Brad King)
0015220: [Modules] Find_package(Curses) failed for QNX 6.5 and QNX 6.6 (Brad King)
0014864: [Modules] CheckTypeSize changes CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION (Daniele E. Domenichelli)
0015215: [Documentation] Please document CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_* (Brad King)
0014972: [CMake] Ninja gen generates invalid phony dependencies for source files with in-source build (Brad King)
0015198: [CMake] ps2pdf not detected when cross-compiling (Brad King)
0014049: [Modules] FindThreads.cmake: several small bugs (Rolf Eike Beer)
0015135: [CPack] Allow properties on installed directories (Nils Gladitz)
0013794: [CMake] find_package(PythonLibs) finds different version of Python headers and libraries (Matt McCormick)
0008170: [CMake] Visual Studio 9 generator does not output Custom Build Tool command line for assembler sources
0015175: [CMake] Add support for Intel Fortran 15.0 Visual Studio (Brad King)
0015176: [Modules] typo in Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake (Rolf Eike Beer)
0015165: [CPack] WiX : Remember the INSTALL_ROOT directory for upgrades (Nils Gladitz)
0014981: [CMake] AUTOUIC not generating all needed ui_xxx.h files (Stephen Kelly)
0015155: [CMake] enable_language reports failure to find a module, but not which one (Brad King)
0015162: [CMake] FindGettext.cmake documentation issue (Brad King)
0015161: [CMake] FindProtobuf: Generated source not regenerated on library update (Brad King)
0015156: [CMake] Sometime, CMake can't find clang/clang++
0008226: [CMake] if expansion of quoted arguments as variables should be deprecated (Bill Hoffman)
0015115: [CMake] WindowsCE: /SUBSYSTEM and /ENTRYPOINT does not end up in the generated Visual Studio project (Brad King)
0010080: [Modules] UseSWIG rebuilds source even when the the dependencies have not changed (jschueller)
0013511: [CMake] Add support for WinRT platforms and "metro" apps (Brad King)
0013791: [CMake] CMake does not support generating projects for Windows Phone 8. (Brad King)
0013429: [CMake] Symlinked lib directories confuse cmake (Brad King)
0015112: [CMake] add_custom_command: Clarify documented relationship of multiple COMMANDs (Brad King)
0015149: [Documentation] Document that the CHECK_* macros create cache variables (Brad King)
0015147: [Modules] CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR not detected on GNU/Hurd (Brad King)
0015101: [CMake] Imported libraries go out of scope after call to target_link_libraries().
0015125: [CMake] XCode generator cannot add assetcatalog assets (Brad King)
0015117: InstallRequiredSystemLibraries does not install OpenMP library on MSVC (Brad King)
0015100: [CCMake] /ZWcompiler flag to disable CompileAsWinRT property in Visual Studio project (Brad King)
0014924: [CPack] Setting file permissions for the cpack WiX generator through install properties (Nils Gladitz)
0015108: [CMake] Platform information override files are not loaded for assembler. (Brad King)
0014656: [Modules] FindOpenMP does not return Fortran flags (Brad King)
0015096: [CMake] Incorrect compiler flag not detected for Intel (Brad King)
0015081: [CMake] ExternalProject: Clarify SVN_REVISION usage in documentation (Brad King)
0014347: [Modules] FindMPI sets MPIEXEC to wrong executable (Brad King)
0015066: [CTest] MSVC level 3 warning in test code (Brad King)
0015059: [CMake] Clarify documentation of CMake custom build step PRE_LINK/PRE_BUILD (Brad King)
0015060: [Documentation] "This is not security software." too sloppy (Brad King)
0010519: [CMake] FILE(STRINGS) does not work correctly for UTF8 encoded strings (Clinton Stimpson)
0015058: [Modules] CheckIncludeFiles uses old-style function definition (Brad King)
0013761: [CMake] Add QUIET option to install() command (Brad King)
0015034: [CMake] target_link_libraries: clarify documented treatment of link flags (Brad King)
0014923: [Modules] check_cxx_compiler_flag fails when variable name contains "++"
0015031: [CMake] visual studio 2012 generator ampersand escaping (Brad King)
0015051: [CMake] Detect more fujitsu compiler warnings
0013515: [CMake] ExternalProject doesn’t handle .tar.xz
0014504: [CMake] libarchive supports 7-Zip, Add 7-Zip support to cmake
0014519: [CMake] 7z ( LZMA and LZMA2) support for cpack
0013072: [CPack] Allow CPack to generate tar.xz archives
0014294: [CMake] Specifying CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ after first run deletes all cached values (Brad King)
0015040: [CMake] CMake needs to support building against "/" on OS X with a deployment target set (Brad King)
0014751: [CMake] Generalize LINK_ONLY (Brad King)
0015026: [CMake] Build fails with Cray compiler on Linux
0015011: problem to find non-standard ncurses.h location (Brad King)
0015006: [CMake] AUTORCC doesn't work with OBJECT library (Brad King)
0014012: [Modules] FindImageMagick.cmake needs update for ImageMagick >= 6.8.0-8, perhaps use pkgconfig (Brad King)
0014728: [CMake] [CMake/Ninja] add_dependencies() to objlib's user is ignored. (Ben Boeckel)
0015000: [Modules] CMakeFindBinUtils always search for install_name_tool even when cross compiling on OSX (Brad King)
0014982: [CMake] VS14 VS2014 Support (Brad King)
0014874: [CMake] Static library can miss some object files (Brad King)
0014993: [CTest] ctest doesn't manage correctly the -LE and -L flags (Nils Gladitz)
0014973: [CMake] [RFE] Produce shorted output for cmake/ccmake when no arguments specified (Brad King)
0014966: [CMake] cmake succeeds evaluating a script that is a directory (Brad King)
0014934: archive_write_header: Can't translate pathname 'bin/教學程式' to UTF-8
0012300: [CMake] CMake has no cross-platform way to ask for C99 (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014899: [CMake] $ with add_custom_target does not work (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014927: [CMake] Visual Studio 7-9 generators case bools incorrectly (Brad King) closed.
0013842: [CMake] No Support for C++11 (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014854: [CMake] Xcode projects with binary files cannot load in Xcode (Brad King) closed.
0014911: [CPack] What options do I have to set the NeverOverwrite and Permanent attributes for Components that install files from CPack? (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0012926: [Modules] FindPkgConfig module doesn't honor CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. (Daniele E. Domenichelli) closed.
0014849: [CMake] Need a way to disable CMake package registry (Daniele E. Domenichelli) closed.
0014913: [Modules] GTEST_ADD_TESTS doesn't use new signature ADD_TEST(NAME name COMMAND command): generated executable is then not found (Rolf Eike Beer) closed.
0014889: [CPack] Cpack crashes when issuing a bad Wix Patch (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014855: [CMake] Unpacking Qt 5.2.1 source distribution fails (ExternalProject_Add) (Brad King) closed.
0014866: [CMake] CMake's ENABLE_ACL option does not stop CMake looking for libacl.h (Brad King) closed.
0014592: [CMake] RunCMake.include_directories (SourceDirectoryInInterface & BinaryDirectoryInInterface) tests fail. (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014858: [CMake] Flags specified for the compiler do not stay together during processing. (Brad King) closed.
0013360: [Modules] Java add_jar() doesn't copy resources to build directory when make is run for the first time closed.
0014056: [Modules] CheckTypeSize does not work if C language is not enabled (Daniele E. Domenichelli) closed.
0014381: [CMake] Inconsistent behaviour between find_package and pkg_check_modules (Brad King) closed.
0014807: [CMake] file(DOWNLOAD) progress goes wild (Brad King) closed.
0014814: [CMake] CMake 2.8.12.2 cannot be built on HP-UX 11.11 (hppa) (Brad King) closed.
0014799: [CMake] typo in comment, Source/cmELF.cxx (Brad King) closed.
0014804: [QtDialog] Crash in QCMake.cxx (Brad King) closed.
0013175: [CMake] FindPkgConfig.cmake should respect environment variable PKG_CONFIG just like autotools do closed.
0014775: [Modules] GTEST_ADD_TESTS from FindGTest may find sources automatically (Brad King) closed.
0014777: [CMake] OBJECT libraries cause Fortran to relink each time (Brad King) closed.
0014746: [CMake] --graphviz generates many files (Brad King) closed.
0014763: [CMake] Add target properties to specify MS compiler PDB files (Brad King) closed.

New in CMake 3.0.2 (Sep 12, 2014)

New in CMake 3.0.1 (Sep 12, 2014)

New in CMake 3.0 (Sep 12, 2014)

Fixed issues:
0014386: [CMake] Broken build (proposing fix) resolved.
0014027: [Modules] CMake fails build on HPUX with standard HP C and make resolved.
0014246: [CTest] ctest --help-variable-list fails to display CTEST* variables (Brad King) resolved.
0014946: [CMake] Document build v. install values for INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (Brad King) resolved.
0014936: [CMake] CMAKE_GNUtoMS_VCVARS is not set when using Visual Studio 12 2013 and CMakeAddFortranSubdirectory (Brad King) resolved.
0014918: [CMake] x64 build under cygwin fails (Brad King) resolved.
0014928: [CMake] cmake -E create_symlink always returns code 0 even when failing to create symlink resolved.
0014916: [CMake] Info.plist is stored in the wrong directory when creating bundles in subdirectories resolved.
0014908: [CMake] CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT being ignored with frameworks in /Library/Frameworks resolved.
0014856: [CMake] cannot build cmake on Solaris (Brad King) resolved.
0014903: [Modules] InstallRequiredSystemLibraries CMAKE_INSTALL_MFC_LIBRARIES does not work with MSVC 2013 (Brad King) resolved.
0014894: [CMake] Regression/Qt: cmake touches on each run moc_*.cxx_parameters (Peter Kuemmel) resolved.
0014901: [CMake] Adding an .xib to an XCode project does not work. resolved.
0014887: [CMake] CMake fails to compile error: use of undeclared identifier 'abi' (Brad King) resolved.
0014886: [Documentation] [PATCH] Make documentation generation python3 compatible. (Brad King) resolved.
0014882: [CPack] cmake: strlen(): cpack killed by SIGSEGV (Brad King) resolved.
0014875: [Modules] /lib64 wrongfully appears in RPATH (Brad King) resolved.
0014870: [CMake] FindMPI.cmake returns 32-bit libraries on 64-bit systems for Fortran-only projects (Brad King) resolved.
0014099: [CMake] Ninja: CMAKE_${LANG}_FLAGS passed to linker come from incorrect scope (Peter Kuemmel) resolved.
0014184: [CMake] link_directories produce backslash path for mingw (Peter Kuemmel) resolved.
0014865: [CMake] CMakeDetermineRCCompiler does not detect windres from "i686-w64-mingw32.shared-windres" (Brad King) resolved.
0014089: [CMake] add_test/add_custom_command: Support generator expressions in WORKING_DIRECTORY (Ben Boeckel) resolved.
0014339: [Modules] CheckCXXCompilerFlag seems to have problems with XL and BCC (Rolf Eike Beer) resolved.
0014739: [Modules] findboost.cmake can't find boost::mpi library (Brad King) resolved.
0014808: [CMake] Policy CMP0026 set OLD not working for _LOCATION (Stephen Kelly) resolved.
0014790: [CMake] CMake crashes with XCode generator (Brad King) resolved.
0014806: [CMake] cmake does not detect correct intel c/c++ compiler version (Brad King) resolved.
0013251: [CMake] cmake -E tar fails to extract some files correctly (Brad King) resolved.
0014798: [CMake] CMake fails to build correctly from source on FreeBSD... resolved.
0014784: Seg fault with wrong number of args for check-build-system (Brad King) resolved.
0014393: [Modules] FindwxWidgets.cmake doesn't look for x64 wxWidgets (MSVC) directories. (Brad King) resolved.
0014577: [CMake] Need to map /Fd to ProgramDataBaseFileName in VS 7,8,9 (Brad King) resolved.
0014774: [Modules] FindFreetype cannot find version 2.5 resolved.
0014600: [CMake] Document PDB behavior w.r.t. static libraries (Brad King) resolved.
0014755: [CMake] Cannot use VisualStudio 2013 Express with Windows7.1SDK for 64Bit builds resolved.
0014735: [CMake] FindOpenSSL.cmake does not honor the OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR variable for non Windows platforms (Brad King) resolved.
0014366: [CMake] Command line definitions ignored if -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER is passed (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0012184: [Modules] SWIG_ADD_MODULE generates wrong file name for Ruby under Mac OS X (jschueller) closed.
0013318: [CMake] swig: -noproxy option not supported with python (jschueller) closed.
0014493: [CMake] Document relationship of VS_KEYWORD and VS_GLOBAL_KEYWORD (Brad King) closed.
0011693: [CMake] On Mac OS X, the CMake .app filename should not contain the version number (Brad King) closed.
0014659: Support for MirBSD in CMake (Brad King) closed.
0014712: [CMake] improper setting of CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR (Brad King) closed.
0008466: [CTest] Provide finer control than pass/fail for a test program (Rolf Eike Beer) closed.
0009188: [CMake] ADD_DEPENDENCIES silently accepts invalid target names (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0013952: [CMake] "CodeBlocks NMake Makefiles" generates broken xml if spaces in path (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014690: [CMake] CheckTypeSize doesn't behave as documented in daily build (Daniele E. Domenichelli) closed.
0014692: [Modules] UseQt4.cmake does not adhere to policy CMP0043 (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014686: [CMake] FindBoost.cmake does not provide a way to use libraries built by boost with the runtime-debugging=off bjam parameter (Brad King) closed.
0014508: [Modules] FindJNI.cmake fails to set JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH2 for darwin (Brad King) closed.
0009822: [CMake] Please expose: cmGlobalGenerator::GetExportSet at cmake level (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014439: [CPack] WiX: set/respect file/directory permissions (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014670: [CCMake] get_property does not work for ALIASED_TARGET property (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0011338: [CMake] CMake adds CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR to include_directories if there is a VTK project. (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014646: [CMake] Clarify if(TARGET) documentation (Brad King) closed.
0014658: [CMake] Document CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE initialization (Brad King) closed.
0014657: [Documentation] TestCXXAcceptsFlag description is incorrect (Brad King) closed.
0014661: [CMake] Explicit project type GUID needed with INCLUDE_EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT (Brad King) closed.
0014631: [CMake] source_group should document behavior of relative paths (Brad King) closed.
0014453: [CMake] Look into performance of GenerateExportHeader test (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014622: [CMake] Typo in helpstrings for CMAKE_(C|CXX|Fortran)_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_INIT (Brad King) closed.
0014636: [CMake] Error with whitelisted properties and generator expression in target_link_libraries (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014645: [CMake] exec_program and execute_process don't capture output when it does not end in a newline (Brad King) closed.
0014133: [CMake] CMake creates duplicate target subfolders in Xcode project files (Brad King) closed.
0014434: [CPack] WiX: component support (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014603: [CMake] Cross compiling for darwin fails (Brad King) closed.
0014605: [CMake] Cross compiling/linking with MSVC on linux using wine fails (Brad King) closed.
0014606: [CMake] Obsolete description for CMAKE_(C|CXX|Fortran)_FLAGS_RELEASE (Brad King) closed.
0014593: [Modules] FindGTK2.cmake fails to find GTK with Quartz backend (Daniele E. Domenichelli) closed.
0013173: [CMake] Swig module can't handle absolute path (jschueller) closed.
0013426: [Modules] FindSWIG.cmake doesn't mark variables as advanced (jschueller) closed.
0013771: [CMake] Use CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR instead of CMAKE_ROOT in FindSWIG module. (jschueller) closed.
0013772: [CMake] UseSWIG.cmake does not handle relative paths with parent directories (jschueller) closed.
0013814: [CMake] SWIG C# generates a DllImport line that doesn't match the library name (jschueller) closed.
0014370: [CMake] add_custom_command() commands run from incorrect directory with Ninja generator (Peter Kuemmel) closed.
0014520: [CMake] UseSWIG module can generate too long command lines in the build chain (jschueller) closed.
0014411: [CMake] Ninja dependencies don't work with Intel and many other GCC-like compilers (Peter Kuemmel) closed.
0014458: [CMake] Support clang-cl, clang's cl-compatible driver (Brad King) closed.
0014544: Remove edit_cache target from ninja output (Brad King) closed.
0014548: [CMake] Document CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM as preferred over CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL, not vice versa (Brad King) closed.
0014562: [CMake] not able to compile a simple test program with -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -Tv90 (Brad King) closed.
0014567: [Modules] FindOpenMP is incorrect for compilers that accept OpenMP with no flags (Rolf Eike Beer) closed.
0014587: [CMake] Add support for wxWidgets 3.0.0 (Brad King) closed.
0013140: [CMake] CMake does not reject unsupported logical target names (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0013902: [CMake] target_link_libraries should not accept utility targets (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0013947: [CMake] Policy to disallow link interface self-references (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014554: [CPack] Pass custom arguments to WIX (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014561: [CMake] Errors with add_libaray(name INTERFACE) when TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS is false (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014540: [Modules] Typo in PHP find module (Brad King) closed.
0014541: [Modules] FindJNDI: amd64/ppc64 kernels might be running on 32bit system (Brad King) closed.
0014402: [CMake] Replace "Visual Studio 11" by Visual Studio 2012" in cmake-gui (Brad King) closed.
0012600: [CMake] Specifying CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in a CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE file has no effect (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0012611: [Documentation] Missing CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_BEFORE from documentation (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0013188: [CMake] Target and directory include_directory usage. (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0013663: FindBoost documentation example should clarify it only finds static libraries (Brad King) closed.
0014355: [Modules] Implementation of qt4_add_executable/library (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014533: [CMake] With Ninja, CTest is launching one test twice (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014713: [CMake] cmake -create-symlink doesn't overwrite existing dangling(!) symlinks (Brad King) closed.
0014378: [CMake] ZERO_CHECK.vcxproj referenced despite CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION set to FALSE (Brad King) closed.
0014389: Find package Java should look first in the JAVA_HOME env var. (Graham Markall) closed.
0014481: [CMake] Unable to support a new language using CMAKE_MODULE_PATH within an outside project. (Brad King) closed.
0014507: [CMake] -i_dynamic flag (depricated) incorrectly added when using intel compilers (Brad King) closed.
0011137: [CMake] Unable to parse CMakeLists.txt in UTF-8 with BOM encoding (Brad King) closed.
0014181: [CMake] One-character function names don't work (Brad King) closed.
0014494: [CMake] Doesn't create .lib for header only targets on Windows. (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014498: [CMake] Folder references aren't added correctly to Xcode projects. (Brad King) closed.
0014499: [CMake] Add support for .NET target framework version for VS 2008 (Brad King) closed.
0014502: [Modules] FindJava.cmake message incorrectness (Rolf Eike Beer) closed.
0013035: [CMake] Support for MinGW Clang on Windows (Brad King) closed.
0014466: [CPack] Deterministic file/directory IDs (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014468: [CPack] WiX: Include extra .wxs and/or .wixlib files (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014471: [CMake] -T switch with Intel Compiler does not set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER properly (Brad King) closed.
0014476: [CMake] MSVC_IDE and MSVC not set when using Intel Platform Toolset (Brad King) closed.
0012886: [CMake] Add a manifest or main-class file to the created jar (Brad King) closed.
0014387: [CMake] setting MS build output verbosity to "Diagnostic" in VisualStudio leads to CMAKE_CXX_SIZEOF_DATA_PTR set to "" (Brad King) closed.
0014418: [Modules] FindOpenSSL: should mark {LIB,SSL}_EAY_{DEBUG,RELEASE} as advanced (Rolf Eike Beer) closed.
0014424: [Documentation] Vague ADD_DEPENDENCIES() Description (Brad King) closed.
0014358: [Modules] FortranCInterface fails to find generated test program when cross-compiling (Brad King) closed.
0014371: [CCMake] bootstrapping with --docdir puts documentation in wron directory (Brad King) closed.
0014608: [CMake] segmentation fault when "export(TARGETS nonexistenttarget FILE somefile.cmake") (Stephen Kelly) closed.
0014570: Intel + Ninja regression: unable to compile a simple test program (Peter Kuemmel) closed.
0013123: [CTest] ctest_empty_binary_directory failure is too silent (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014121: [CMake] Custom command errors are hidden when CTest launchers are used with Ninja (Robert Maynard) closed.
0013143: [CTest] ctest_coverage runs gcov on gcda files outside the current build directory (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014511: [CMake] Makefile generators segfault when custom target sources have compile definitions (Nils Gladitz) closed.
0014484: [CTest] CTest ignores RUN_SERIAL if test gets run as a dependency of another test (Nils Gladitz) closed.

New in CMake 2.8.12.2 (Jan 17, 2014)

New in CMake 2.8.12.1 (Nov 9, 2013)

New in CMake 2.8.12 (Oct 11, 2013)

New in CMake 2.8.11.2 (Jul 4, 2013)

New in CMake 2.8.11 RC 3 (Apr 19, 2013)

New in CMake 2.8.11 RC 2 (Apr 19, 2013)

Determine C/CXX/Fortran compiler: minor restructuring
Determine C/CXX/Fortran compiler: fix indentation
rename TI_DSP toolchain to TI, since it works also for the ARM compiler
TI compiler: add automatic detection of prefix and suffixes
Modules/readme.txt: switch from "XXX" to "Xxx"
Modules/readme.txt: make lines a bit shorter for easier readability
Clang: Add -isystem flag support everywhere
ExternalProject: Retry on a failed git clone
string: Fix regex documentation of '^' and '$' (#14028)
Rename variable for including current directory in interfaces
Replace in CMAKE__COMPILE_OBJECT rule variables
Test evaluation of per-config COMPILE_DEFINITIONS (#14037)
VS: Fix VS 10/11 .sln headers (#14038)
add_dependencies: Distinguish target v. file dependencies in error (#14050)
automoc: Use a pre-build event in VS >= 7
Handle usr-move without forcing absolute paths (#14041)
FindQt4: If Qt5 is in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, be sure to find Qt4 includes.
Qt4: Fix typo setting a variable for FindThreads.
FindCUDA: Use the PRE_LINK mode only for MSVC >= 10
UseJava.cmake: simplify path logic
UseJava.cmake: fix passing jars to add_jar
UseJava.cmake: accept jar targets in add_jar
UseJava.cmake: require explicit request to include jars
CPack: Avoid "format expects 'unsigned int'" warnings
cmSystemTools: Generalize TrimWhitespace to all whitespace
FindImageMagick: Search versioned suffixes (#14012)
FindRuby: improve version selection
FindQt4: Set the Qt4_FOUND variable if Qt4 is found
FindQt4: Set the INTERFACE_QT_MAJOR_VERSION for Qt4::QtCore
Document that CMAKE_AUTOMOC works with Qt 5.
FPHSA: Fix FOUND_VAR check to work with if() auto-dereference
Fix cmGeneratorExpression::Preprocess for interleaved inputs.
cmake-gui: Use the QStandardItemModel workaround until 5.1.0.
Automoc: append implicit includes after user-specified dirs
Fix the evaluation of per-config COMPILE_DEFINITIONS (#14037)
Fix new target commands documentation.
install(EXPORT): Ensure clean INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
Report an error on IMPORTED targets with a faulty INTERFACE
Error if linked target has relative paths in INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
Fix the Qt 5 version required to run the IncompatibleQt test.

New in CMake 2.8.11 RC 1 (Apr 19, 2013)

FindBullet: Search in per-config dirs on Windows (#13738)
Add module FindIcotool
Eclipse: add switch to disable linked resources (#13189)
Eclipse: set source path once to fix Eclipse indexer (#13596)
cmDependsC: remove unused member variable
cmDependsC: remove code duplication
cmDependsC: fix indentation
cmDepends: allow multiple dependees per depender
AddCustomCommand: Handle multiple IMPLICIT_DEPENDS files (#10048)
Add support for Texas Instruments DSP compiler (#12405)
Squish: detect version
Squish: use FPHSA
Squish: find executables also under Windows
Squish: rename squish_add_test() to squish_v3_add_test() and fix docs a bit
Squish: use ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
Squish: add support for squish 4 (#9734)
Squish: fix new squish_v4_add_test() macro
Automoc: "inherit" FOLDER target property from target (#13688)
FPHSA: don't succeed if only checking for XX_FOUND (#13755)
CONFIGURE_PACKAGE_CONFIG_FILE(): improve generated comments
Automoc: get include dirs without stripping implicit include dirs off
configure_package_config_file: force absolute paths for usr-move
configure_package_config_file(): fix indentation
configure_package_config_file(): extend documentation
documentation: handling of relative paths by include- and link_directories()
automoc: use a std::vector instead a std::list
automoc: use the header extensions from cmMakefile
Eclipse: also detect include dirs and macro for clang (#13823)
cmLocalGenerator: remove "virtual" where not used
export files: rewrite the code for checking required targets
FPHSA: Add FOUND_VAR option to specify _FOUND variable name
FPHSA: improve documentation
Xcode: Fix nested source group handling (#12943)
Xcode: Sort source files
file: remove dead code
Add test to secure the file(GLOB empty) behavior.
OpenBSD: Install shared libraries without executable permission
OpenBSD: Add paths for Java 1.6.0/1.7.0 JRE/JDK
OpenBSD: Add path for Freetype under X.org
OpenBSD: Add paths for Tcl/Tk 8.4/8.5
OpenBSD: Add path for Lua 5.1
OpenBSD: Add paths for Qt3/Qt4
Documentation: Correct typos and grammar
Documentation: Clarify some command descriptions
Correct string literal typo (have "(NULL)" like all other cases).
Remove seemingly bogus duplicate CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME call.
VS: Avoid empty source groups in some cases (#3474)
Swap linking order of SDLmain and SDL (#0013769)
FindSDL_...: Restore dropped search paths (#13819)
find_library: Refactor internal name iteration
find_library: Simplify framework search logic
find_library: Generalize helper macro in test case
find_library: Optionally consider all names in each directory
FindBoost: Remove extra indentation level
FindBoost: Mark Boost_DIR cache entry as advanced
FindBoost: Use PATH_SUFFIXES to look in "Program Files"
FindBoost: Overhaul caching and search repeat behavior
FindBoost: Construct a clean Boost_LIBRARIES value
FindBoost: Refactor Boost_FOUND computation and version check
FindBoost: Rewrite documentation
BSD: Do not require dlfcn.h to build shared libs (#13573)
Xcode: Fix ReRunCMake.make path to cmake.check_cache (#13603)
VS10: Refactor link options collection
VS10: Honor /DELAYSIGN and /KEYFILE flags (#13601)
Document external language support policy
CTest: Allow SUBMIT_INDEX with CDash
KWSys: Submit dashboard builds to PublicDashboard
pre-commit: Update KWSys rejection message for new workflow
CTestCustom: Suppress LNK4089 warning about PSAPI
load_command: Deprecate and document pending removal
Documentation: Clarify configure_file behavior
OS X: Warn about known SDK breakage by Xcode 3.2.6
Optionally skip link dependencies on shared library files
Teach BuildDepends test to cover LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED
Serialize tests for EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD
MSVC: Drop default use of /Zm1000 for VS >= 7.1
Teach find_(path|file) about Linux multiarch (#13742)
Test find_path multiarch support (#13742)
Add policy CMP0019 to skip include/link variable re-expansion
Xcode: Add frameworks search paths from link dependeny closure (#13397)
Makefile: Use modern link information for framework search paths
Documentation: Clarify handling of implicit link directories
Remove references to KWSys Process Win9x support
add_library: Document object library portability suggestion
OS X: Link with all framework search paths, not just the last
OS X: Detect implicit link directories on modern toolchains
OS X: Detect implicit linker framework search paths
Revert "load_command: Deprecate and document pending removal"
VS11: Simplify external object file handling (#13831)
KWIML: Teach ABI about 'long long' on older GNU
CMake: Skip empty link.txt lines (#13845)
ExternalProject: Allow DEPENDS on normal targets (#13849)
VS11: Fix VSExternalInclude test
target_link_libraries: Document that new sigs privatize old (#13876)
Tests: Avoid CTestLimitDashJ crash on Borland 5.8 builds
Fix use of cmTypeMacro in new command classes
Fix cmSystemTools::RenameFile race on Windows
VS 6: Create .rule file directory before file
Add ExternalData module
ExternalData: Remove compatibility with CMake < 2.8.5
ExternalData: Do not match directory names when resolving DATA{}
ExternalData: Cleanup stray TODO and typo in comments
ExternalData: Remove unused private interface
ExternalData: Improve series matching using an explicit syntax
ExternalData: Add tests covering interfaces and errors
ExternalData: Allow ()-groups in series match regex
ExternalData: Allow DATA{} syntax to reference directories
ExternalData: Generalize hash algo/ext handling
ExternalData: Add support for SHA 1 and 2 hash algorithms
ExternalData: Collapse ../ components in DATA{} paths
Fix Module.ExternalData test on Cygwin
Fix Module.ExternalData test on VS 6
ExternalData: Attach download rules to content links in IDEs
find_package: Reword _NO_INTERFACES documentation
Normalize full paths in implicit link library list
Fail early if no current working directory exists
MSVC: Fix CMAKE_CL_64 in CXX-only projects (#13896)
ExternalProject: Simplify CMake command line generation
Tests: Run ctest custom commands with VERBATIM
CMake: Add -T option to choose a generator toolset
VS: Implement generator toolset selection (#10722, #13774)
Xcode: Implement generator toolset selection (#9831, #13802)
CTest: Add options to set generator toolset
ExternalProject: Propagate the generator toolset
Tests: Consolidate ctest --build-and-test generator options
Tests: Add generator toolset support
Fix crash on empty CMAKE__COMPILER value (#13901)
file: Do not remove symlinked directories recursively (#10538)
Embarcadero: Fix default link stack/heap flags (#13912)
Avoid duplicate RPATH entries
AIX-GNU: Put implicit link directories in runtime libpath (#13909)
VS: Replace generation timestamp file atomically
VS,Xcode: Remove unused CMAKE_GENERATOR_* variables
Delete entire CMakeFiles directory when deleting CMakeCache.txt (#13756)
Tests/RunCMake: Allow tests to control build tree behavior
Test Unix Makefiles generator support for changing compilers
Xcode: Drop check for circular target dependencies
Xcode: Each target dependency edge needs a unique object (#13935)
Tests: Replace exec_program with execute_process
Tests: Generalize decision for 'make' tool supporting spaces
ExternalData: Test content link with a space in its name
FPHSA: Convert FOUND_VAR failure test to RunCMake
VS: Restore CMAKE_GENERATOR_FC variable
Xcode: Generate recommended artwork setting (#13954)
CTest: Fix ctest_update with 'HEAD' file in source tree
VS 10: Fix CMAKE__STACK_SIZE implementation (#13968)
install(EXPORT): Force absolute paths for usr-move
AIX: Do not use -brtl to create shared libraries (#13997)
add_subdirectory: Compute output dir with consistent slashes (#10072)
ExternalData: Preserve escaped semicolons during argument expansion
Avoid crash when checking property link dependencies without link info
Avoid crash when checking property compatibility without link info
Refactor RunCMake.build_command test to allow more cases
build_command: Fail early without CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM (#14005)
CTest: Fail early without PROJECT_BINARY_DIR (#14005)
FindQt4: Fix QT_QMAKE{_QMAKE => }_EXECUTABLE typo
XL: Use -qpic for position independent code (#14010)
Configure Tests/CMakeTests only with BUILD_TESTING ON
CTest: Prevent creation of unbounded number of tests in ctest (#12904)
CMake: source_group needs to check its own regex after its children (#13611)
Fix for possible Rez errors when creating dmg.
PackageMaker: Enable postflight script in component mode (#12375)
CPack: Fix RPM/Deb package names to not include "ALL_COMPONENTS_IN_ONE"
Qt4: Add SYSTEM option to include_directories.
FindQt4: set QT_VERSION_* variables sooner.
Begin post-2.8.10 development
CPack: Add automatic detection of the Unicode makensis (#9629)
BundleUtilities: Use a more inclusive REGEX for frameworks (#13600)
VS: Avoid empty, unreferenced solution folders... (#13571)
NMake: Add a test to demonstrate EmptyDepends issue (#13392)
NMake: Fix problem with empty DEPENDS args (#13392)
CMake: Remove "/STACK:10000000" from default linker flags (#12437)
Watcom: Avoid prompt from wmake about dll with no exports...
Tests: Use the right path to CPack value for running CPack tests
VS11: Allow using folders with the VS11 Express Edition (#13770)
CPack: Fix dashboard errors (#11575)
CPack: Fix dashboard warnings (#11575)
CPack: Fix dashboard errors and warnings (#11575)
CMake: Stylistic changes and documentation tweaks
CMake: Fix dashboard warnings
CMake: Fix dashboard test failure
CMake: Fix dashboard build errors and warnings
CTest: Coverage handler: expect certain output lines from gcov 4.7 (#13657)
Add CTestLimitDashJ test (#12904)
CPack/NSIS: Fix compatibility issues with prerelease NSIS (#13202)
CPack/NSIS: Add support for 64-bit NSIS (#13203)
CPack: WIX Product Icon, UI Banner, UI Dialog support (#13789)
CPackRPM fix #13898 uses IF(DEFINED var) to avoid wrong var value logic
CPack: Fix NSIS version check without release version (#9721)
Use PRE_LINK instead of PRE_BUILD when testing PRE_LINK.
FindCUDA: Remove linkage against CUDA driver library (#13084)
FindCUDA: Add support for separable compilation
FindCUDA: Added cupti library.
FindQt4: Do not use qmake from Qt5
Add $ generator expression.
Removed GenerateExportHeader warnings about old compilers
VS: Specify WinCE subsystem also for DLLs
VS: Specify WinCE subsystems correctly in VS 9 2008
enable CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS with Ninja too
Ninja: fix usage of cldeps with ctest launchers
ExternalProject: Only run 'git fetch' when required.
ExternalProject: Do smoke tests for Git Tutorial builds.
ExternalProject: Add tests for UPDATE_COMMAND.
ExternalProject: Always do a git fetch for a remote ref.
ExternalProject: Make sure the ExternalProjectUpdate setup is available.
ExternalProject: Verify when a fetch occurs during update test.
ExternalProjectUpdateTest: Only support Git 1.6.5 and greater.
ccmake: Allow DEL key in first column
GetPrerequisites: Move tool search paths up
GetPrerequisites: Add support for objdump
GetPrerequisites: Enable test for BundleUtilities on MinGW
GetPrerequisites: Add documentation for objdump
cmDepends: No dependency-vector erasure in CheckDependencies
Added a generator for Sublime Text 2 project files.
Added some support for sublimeclang_options in the generated project file.
Changed SublimeClang include path generation to expand to absolute paths.
Cleaned up the Sublime Text 2 Generator code a bit.
Fixed support for the Ninja build system.
Added and cleaned up some comments.
The generator no longer generates an explicit list of source files.
The generator no longer generates absolute paths to the ninja.build/Makefiles.
Added a CMAKE_SUBLIMECLANG_DISABLED variable that disables SublimeClang.
Fixed Sublime Text project generation for in-source builds
Define flags in CMAKE_C(XX)_FLAGS are now included in SublimeClang settings.
SublimeText2 Gen: Improved use of define, include flags from CMAKE_C(XX)_FLAGS
SublimeText2 Gen: Fixed the issue where include directory flags used -D
Sublime Text 2 Gen: Per-source Compile flags are now saved in a separate file.
SublimeText 2 Gen: Set the sublimeclang_options_script property.
NAG: Use -PIC for Fortran position-independent code (#13932)
CPack: Add a WiX Generator (#11575)
CMake: Add TIMESTAMP subcommand to string and file commands
Introduce the abstract class cmGlobalGeneratorFactory
Add cmGlobalGeneratorFactory::GetGenerators()
Search generator in cmake::ExtraGenerators before in cmake::Generators
Allow a GeneratorFactory handling of more than one generator
Make cmGlobalGenerator::GetDocumentation() a static function
VS: Remove AddPlatformDefinitions from platform-specific generators
VS: Fix ArchitectureId of Visual Studio 10 IA64 generator
VS: Remove GetPlatformName from platform-specific generators
VS: Remove EnableLanguage from platform-specific generators
VS: Remove platform specific generator files
FindBISON: Add support for the Win flex-bison distribution
FindFLEX: Add support for the Win flex-bison distribution
VS: Remove TargetMachine for linker when checking compiler id
VS: Add CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME definition to cmMakefile
VS: Add static method to get the base of the registry
VS: Change variable type of ArchitectureId from const char* to string
VS: Change variable type of Name from const char* to string
VS: Support setting correct subsystem and entry point for WinCE
VS: Add parser for WCE.VCPlatform.config to read WinCE platforms
VS: Allow setting the name of the target platform
VS: Make DetermineCompilerId working with WinCE too
VS: Added "Deploy" at project configuration for WindowsCE targets
Add command to generate environment for a Windows CE SDK
VS: Set the correct SubSystem when determinating the CompilerId
VS: Add the entry point when compiling for WindowsCE
VS: Ignore LIBC.lib when linking the CompilerId executables
Set WINCE to 1 when building for WindowsCE
Ninja: Avoid LNK1170 linker error
Ninja: encode LINK_FLAGS to handle bash variables
Ninja: fix building from Codeblocks GUI
Ninja: remove implicit dependency on custom command outputs
Ninja: use MinGW generator code in EnableLanguage()
Ninja: the Ninja generator does not support Fortran yet.
Ninja: escape line breaks in literals
Add tests for list() argument count
Add tests for list() invalid arguments
Consolidate list() argument count testing
Add several get_property() tests
Add tests for EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD
Add property EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD_
Define property EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD
Add tests for VS_SOLUTION_GLOBAL_SECTIONS
Implement properties VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_*
Define properties VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_*
Documentation: Clarify a few subtleties
KWIML: Teach ABI.h about Aarch64
XCode generator won't infinitely parse compiler flags (bug #13354).
Correct missing parameter to CMP0018Flags call.
Remove ability to generate sublime clang files.
Update generator to use new cmGeneratorTarget api.
FindGTK2: Fix GTK2_LIBRARIES order for static gtk libraries
FindQt: improve version selection
FindQt: add some more places to look for Qt3
Tests: add MajorVersionSelection tests
Linux/PA-RISC: Link with --unique=.text.* to help binutils
FindQt: add to MajorVersionSelection test
CMakeTests: allow to call the check_cmake_test macro with a given file
list: add tests for CMP0007 behavior
GetProperty test: move doc property tests into main process
Find* (and some other): use ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} in include()
bootstrap: use better defaults for Haiku
Haiku no longer defines __BEOS__
check for Haiku only with __HAIKU__
FindLua51: do not try to link libm on BeOS
FindGLUT: BeOS does not have libXi and libXmu
FindOpenGL: add Haiku paths
doc: fix linebreaks in generator expression documentation
ProcessorCount test: fix path to cmsysTestsCxx executable
ProcessorCount test: require SystemInformation process to work
FindOpenMP: improve documentation (#13895)
properly detect processor architecture on Windows
fix Windows processor detection
libarchive: fixed undefined left shift with signed ints
FindImageMagick: Search quantum depth suffixes (#13859)
GenEx: Test early determination of AND and OR
Enable some compiler warnings when building CMake.
Resolve warnings about unused variables.
Resolve warnings about used enum values in switch blocks.
Resolve warnings about shadowing parameters and local variables.
Resolve ambiguity warning regarding use of && and ||.
Remove references to ancient and removed parts of the code.
Always use the auto_ptr from cmsys.
Port cmGeneratorExpression to cmTarget from cmGeneratorTarget.
Split link information processing into two steps.
Revert "Move GetLinkInformation to cmGeneratorTarget"
Genex: Extract a method to parse parameters.
Genex: Ensure that $ has a parameter.
Genex: Don't segfault on $
Generate an early-return guard in target Export files.
Fix some warnings from -Wundef
Make targets depend on the link interface of their dependees.
Use cmsys::auto_ptr to manage cmCompiledGeneratorExpressions
Keep track of INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES as a vector of structs.
Add a way to print the origins of used include directories.
Tests: Fix warning about unused variable
Qt4: Add module dependencies to the IMPORTED targets
Don't crash when a target is expected but is not available.
Add test for custom command with a genex referring to a target.
GenEx: Add expressions to specify build- or install-only values
Allow generator expressions to require literals.
Add the TARGET_NAME generator expression.
Add API to extract target names from a genex string.
Add API to populate INTERFACE properties in exported targets.
Make all relevant targets available in the genex context.
Use mapped config properties to evaluate $
Make cycles in target properties ignored, not an error.
Populate the ExportedTargets member early in GenerateMainFile
Handle INTERFACE properties transitively for includes and defines.
Add CMAKE_BUILD_INTERFACE_INCLUDES build-variable.
Make linking APIs aware of 'head' target
Add LINK_LIBRARIES property for direct target link dependencies
Allow target_link_libraries with IMPORTED targets.
Add the -Wundef flag when compiling CMake.
FindQt4: Add INTERFACE includes and defines to Qt4 targets
Add the target_include_directories command.
Add the target_compile_definitions command.
Keep track of properties used to determine linker libraries.
Add API to calculate link-interface-dependent bool properties or error.
Process the INTERFACE_PIC property from linked dependencies
Fix linking to imported libraries test.
Add cmGeneratorExpression::Split() API.
Don't pass a position when determining if a target name is a literal.
Extract the AddTargetNamespace method.
Split the generator expression before extracting targets.
Split LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES export handling into dedicated method.
Allow generator expressions in LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.
Add a way to check INTERFACE user property compatibility.
Don't include generator expressions in old-style link handling.
Document the use of generator expressions in new commands.
Add the TARGET_DEFINED generator expression
Strip consecutive semicolons when preprocessing genex strings.
Don't write a comment in the export file without the code.
Only generate one check per missing target.
Move the exported check for dependencies of targets
Move the exported check for file existence.
Add a test for the interfaces in targets exported from the build tree.
Make the BUILD_INTERFACE of export()ed targets work.
Export the INTERFACE_PIC property.
Test evaluation target via export for generator expressions
Make sure generator expressions can be used with target_include_directories.
Populate the link information cache before checking dependent properties.
Exit early if we find an inconsistent property.
Make INTERFACE determined properties readable in generator expressions.
Clear the link information in ClearLinkMaps.
Export the COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_BOOL content properties
Add the $ expression
Automatically link to the qtmain library when linking to QtCore.
Don't wrap all targets in LINK_LIBRARIES in a TARGET_NAME genex.
Generate new-style cmake code during export.
Store includes from the same include_directories call together.
Only output includes once after the start of 'generate-time' when debugging.
Specify the target whose includes are being listed.
Output include directories as LOG messages, not warnings.
Revert "Allow target_link_libraries with IMPORTED targets."
Disallow porcelain to populate includes and defines of IMPORTED targets.
Exclude the LINK_LIBRARIES related properties from INTERFACE evaluation.
Make calculation of link-interface-dependent properties type-sensitive.
Add the COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE_STRING property.
Move GetCompileDefinitions to cmTarget.
Process COMPILE_DEFINITIONS as generator expressions in QtAutomoc.
Generate the _IMPORT_PREFIX in the non-config export file.
Add the INSTALL_PREFIX genex.
Fix TARGET_PROPERTY target extractions.
Make the Property name protected so that subclasses can use it.
Don't allow targets args in the new target commands.
Make subclasses responsible for joining content.
Use the result of converting to a unix path.
Handle reading empty properties defined by the link interface.
Advance more when preprocessing exported strings.
Make it an error for INSTALL_PREFIX to be evaluated.
Export targets to a targets file, not a Config file.
Add a way to exclude INTERFACE properties from exported targets.
Add API to check if we're reading a includes or defines property.
Add the $ generator expression.
Add includes and compile definitions with target_link_libraries.
Test workaround of bad interface include directories from depends.
Optimize genex evaluation for includes and defines.
Cache context-independent includes on evaluation.
Style: Use this-> when invoking member functions.
Process generator expressions for 'system' include directories.
Deduplicate the isGeneratorExpression method.
De-duplicate validation of genex target names.
Test printing origin of include dirs from tll().
The COMPATIBLE_INTERFACE does not affect the target it is set on.
Ensure type specific compatible interface properties do not intersect.
Fix generation of COMPILE_DEFINITIONS in DependInfo.cmake.
Fix determination of evaluating link libraries.
Only use early evaluation termination for transitive properties.
Move a special case for PIC from the genex to the cmTarget code.
Don't keep track of content determined by target property values.
Only append build interface include dirs to particular targets.
Ensure that the build interface includes have been added.
Whitelist target types in target_{include_directories,compile_definitions}
Make sure INTERFACE properties work with OBJECT libraries.
Don't allow utility or global targets in the LINKED expression.
Generate config-specific interface link libraries propeties.
Fix determination of when we're evaluating compile definitions.
Rename the IncludeDirectoriesEntry to be more generic.
Don't use LINKED where not needed.
Use the link information as a source of compile definitions and includes.
Revert "Don't allow utility or global targets in the LINKED expression."
Don't populate INTERFACE includes and defines properties in tll.
Revert "Add the $ generator expression."
Revert "find_package: Reword _NO_INTERFACES documentation"
Revert "Add a way to exclude INTERFACE properties from exported targets."
Don't add target-specific interface includes and defines to Qt 4 targets.
Fix GenerateExportHeader documentation #13936
automoc: Add source file to target early to set the linker language
Keep track of all targets seen while evaluating a genex.
Add a new Export generator for IMPORTED targets.
Handle targets in the LINK_LIBRARIES of try_compile.
Strip stray semicolons when evaluating generator expressions.
Workaround broken code where a target has itself in its link iface.
Fix DAG checker finding cycling dependencies.
Expand includes and defines transitively in 'external' genexes.
Fix constness of accessors.
Fix the tests for evaluating includes and defines.
Memoize includes and defines from interface libraries.
Remove use of TARGET_DEFINED from target_include_directories test.
Remove use of TARGET_DEFINED from the ExportImport test.
Remove use of TARGET_DEFINED from the target_link_libraries test.
Revert "Add the TARGET_DEFINED generator expression"
Only add existing targets to the Qt4 target depends properties.
Fix the cmGeneratorExpression::Split when leading chars are present.
Fix RPATH information when only a genex is used as a link library.
Mention that IMPORTED targets may be created by a find_package call.
Remove unused parameters from target_link_libraries tests.
Only process transitive interface properties for valid target names.
Restore support for target names with '+' (#13986)
Automoc: Don't create automoc targets if Qt is not used (#13999)
cmake-gui: Use -fPIE if required by Qt.
cmake-gui: Workaround bug in Qt 5.0.0 to 5.0.3 QStandardItemModel
KWIML: Teach ABI.h that VAX is big endian
Automoc: Fix automoc for OBJECT libraries.
Automoc: add OBJECT library to QtAutomoc test
spell: fix a few typos in comments

New in CMake 2.8.10.2 (Nov 28, 2012)

New in CMake 2.8.10.1 (Nov 8, 2012)

New in CMake 2.8.7 RC2 (Mar 29, 2012)

New in CMake 2.8.7 RC1 (Mar 29, 2012)

Aaron Ten Clay (1):
VS: Add support for three new project properties (#12586)
Alex Neundorf (60):
fix #12392: handle CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 for Eclipse projects
fix #12262: use the C dependency scanner also for ASM files
fix #12465: detect the masm compiler ID ("MSVC")
Silence make on OpenBSD in FindPackageModeTest(#12508)
Remove trailing whitespace
Find Ruby on OpenBSD when installed from ports (#12507)
Eclipse generator: detect Eclipse version
Detect whether the current Eclipse version supports VirtualFolders
Eclipse: don't create VirtualFolders if not supported
Eclipse: better message when Eclipse version could not be determined
automoc:run moc on the header if the source file contains include "foo.moc"
Add copyright notices
automoc: always run moc on the cpp file if there is a foo.moc included
Eclipse: add virtual folder for each target
Eclipse: move code for generating links to projects into separate function
Eclipse: move code for generating links to targets into separate function
Eclipse: add Build and Clean targets to targets
Eclipse: detect number of CPUs, set CMAKE_ECLIPSE_MAKE_ARGUMENTS accordigly
Eclipse: fix #12417, don't create wrong src pathentries
FindLibXslt: also search libexslt and xsltproc
don't crash in automoc with empty COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property
Automoc: fix the fix, need to use std::string, not just char* pointer
automoc: fix #12541, support moc options
add documentation for the AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS property
Eclipse: warn if CMAKE_BINARY_DIR is subdir of CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR
Eclipse: make targets work from any directory
Eclipse: quote the build dir (to make it work with spaces)
make automoc work when using ccmake via PATH (#12551)
Strip trailing whitespace
make GETTEXT_PROCESS_PO_FILES() work with files with multiple dots
FindGettext: two more fixes for files with multiple dots
FindPNG: provide PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS, as the readme.txt says (#11312)
Eclipse: create links to subprojects also in the source-project (#12579)
Eclipse: use new variable CMAKE_ECLIPSE_GENERATE_SOURCE_PROJECT
install(EXPORT): Enforce existence of imported target files
Remove trailing whitespace
cmake-gui: add completion for the names when adding cache entries
automoc: stricter checking for what file is included
automoc: rework the checking for the matching header, to give better warnings
automoc: handle the case when the developer includes the wrong mocfile
automoc: add more test cases
automoc: improved diagnostics
automoc: minor optimization
automoc: another runtime optimization
Automoc: modified handling of included .moc files
automoc: add a test for including both abc.moc and moc_abc.cpp
automoc: add test for including the moc file from another header
automoc: add test for including a moc_abc_p.cpp file
automoc: move some code from the big parsing loop into separate functions
automoc: add special handling for including basename_p.moc, with test
automoc: add extra check whether the header contains Q_PRIVATE_SLOT
automoc: some more linebreaks for the warnings for better readability
automoc: fix handling of included _p.moc files
automoc: move the code for finding headers into separate function
automoc: add a StrictParseCppFile(), which is only qmake-compatible
automoc: also accept other files when .moc is included in non-strict mode
automoc: accept even more .moc files in non-strict mode
automoc: add variable CMAKE_AUTOMOC_STRICT_MODE, to enable strict parsing
automoc: fix line length
automoc: add documentation for CMAKE_AUTOMOC_STRICT_MODE
Alexey Ozeritsky (1):
FindLAPACK: Fix linking to static LAPACK on Unix (#12477)
Bernhard Walle (1):
Source/cmCTest.cxx: Add missing newline (#12538)
Brad King (65):
Refactor find_* command final path list computation
Constify XCode generator getters to match cmGlobalGenerator
Fix line-too-long style violations
KWSys: Fix Doxygen warnings
Add pre-commit|commit-msg|prepare-commit-msg hook placeholders
pre-commit: Reject changes to KWSys through Git
Fix CTest.UpdateSVN with Subversion 1.7 (#12535)
Teach CTest.UpdateSVN to detect svn add --depth before using it
KWSys: Address Intel compiler remarks
Fix linking to OS X Frameworks named with spaces (#12550)
Watcom: Use shortpath to CMake if full path has parens (#12548)
KWSys: Remove trailing whitespace in SystemTools.cxx
KWSys: Fix wrong spelling of __INTEL_COMPILER
KWIML: The Kitware Information Macro Library
Configure KWIML inside CMake as cmIML
KWIML: Avoid redefining _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in test.h
KWIML: Suppress printf/scanf format warnings in test
KWIML: No INT_SCN*8 on SunPro compiler
KWIML: No INT_SCN*8 on Intel for Windows
KWIML: Create test output dir for Xcode
Order VS local generator Version ivar values consistently
Enumerate VS11 version explicitly in local generators
KWIML: Test header inclusion after system headers
KWIML: Ignore _LONGLONG on MS compiler
KWIML: Teach ABI.h about PGI compiler
KWIML: Avoid MSVC linker warning about not using C++ runtime
Factor Compute(File|String)MD5 into cmCryptoHash helper
Add file(MD5) command to compute cryptographic hash
Import sha2 implementation 1.0 from Aaron D. Gifford
Import sha2 implementation 1.1 from Aaron D. Gifford
sha2: Use KWIML fixed-size integer types and endian-ness
sha2: Build as part of CMakeLib
Add file(SHA*) commands to compute cryptographic hashes
sha2: Use "static const" instead of "const static" declarations
cmCryptoHash: Provide factory "New" method
Add string(MD5) and string(SHA*) commands to compute hashes
sha2: Use KWIML fixed-size integer constant macros
sha2: Suppress Borland warnings in third-party code
Disable file() and string() hash commands during bootstrap
sha2: Wrap long lines in third-party declarations
Fix CMake.File hash test for CRLF checkouts
cmCryptoHash: Add virtual destructor
sha2: Cast safe conversions to smaller integer types
sha2: Suppress -Wcast-align warning from Clang
sha2: Zero entire SHA_CTX structure during cleanup
target_link_libraries: Add missing space in documentation
target_link_libraries: Simplify argument processing state tests
install(EXPORT): Improve target import failure message format
Remove trailing whitespace from cmLocalGenerator
bootstrap: Include cmNewLineStyle in build
cmNewLineStyle: Remove trailing comma in enum
cmNewLineStyle: Use cmStandardIncludes.h
Provide std::ios_base typedef on GCC < 3
FindZLIB: Search under ZLIB_ROOT if it is set
Factor out target location undefined behavior helper macro
export(): Document undefined behavior of location properties
Recognize the Tiny C Compiler (#12605)
TinyCC: Add compiler info for shared libs on Linux (#12605)
Fortran: Detect pointer size in gfortran on MinGW
Load platform files that need to know the ABI when possible
Factor makefile generator link rule lookup into helper function
Add CMAKE_GNUtoMS option to convert GNU .dll.a to MS .lib
Test CMAKE_GNUtoMS option in ExportImport on MinGW and MSys
cmTarget: Create helper method for versioned library names
Clinton Stimpson (2):
Fix XML safety issue with adding preprocessor defines in CodeBlocks project.
Qt4: Fix dependencies of QtDeclartive.
Dan Kegel (1):
Modules: Add XRes to FindX11.cmake
David Cole (17):
Begin post-2.8.6 development
CTest: Fix crash when variables are not defined
VS11: Fix comment generated at the top of *.sln files
CTest: Add COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS cache variable (#12490)
CTest: Clear custom vectors before populating (#12383)
Tests: Add the MFC test (#11213)
Tests: Avoid MFC test automatically for VCExpress builds (#11213)
Tests: Fix MFC test w/ Make-based generators (#11213)
Tests: Fix MFC test for old vs6 dashboards (#11213)
Tests: Avoid MFC test automatically for Watcom WMake builds (#11213)
Tests: Fix MFC test to work with VS 10 and later (#11213)
VS10: Use expected values for UseOfMfc (#11213)
Tests: Add environment logging to the MFC test (#11213)
VS11: Update InstallRequiredSystemLibraries.cmake for VS11 (#11213)
Tests: Nudge MFC test to pass on VS 6 dashboards (#11213)
VS: Use "call " keyword with .cmd and .bat file custom commands (#12445)
CTest: Disallow problem chars in build and site names (#11792)
Eric NOULARD (3):
CPackRPM support component specific variables for spec files
Fix old reference to CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM inside CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL doc.
CPackRPM fix #12556 and enhance documentation
James Bigler (6):
Added support for CUDA_PATH which is present in the CUDA toolkit 3.2 onward.
Reset dependency file list when a dependency disappeared.
Add work around for CUDA in UNC paths.
Fixes for handling quotes in args and other places (Fix Bug 11726 and 12099).
Make CUDA working directory unique for each target.
Miscellaneous fixes.
Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin (1):
CTest: Look for CTestConfig.cmake in build dir first, then source dir
Johan Bjork (1):
Xcode: Avoid spewing the environment on every script run (#12522)
Mateusz Loskot (1):
FindBoost: Use MSVC11 to find Boost on Windows (#12568)
Mathieu Malaterre (1):
TinyCC: Add default compilation flags (#12605)
Mike McQuaid (6):
Add QT_LIBRARIES_PLUGINS variable to UseQt4.
Add DeployQt4 module.
Match fixup_qt4_executable with documentation.
Don't resolve directories; are never relative.
Check plugin variables are defined before warning.
Check QtCore without warning.
Nicolas Despres (17):
Refactor TargetTypeNames.
Add const versions of some getters.
Constify many getters of cmGlobalGenerator.
Remove trailing white-spaces.
Fix typo.
Doxygen: Improve code documentation.
Doxygen: Generate call graph and relationships.
Doxygen: Fix warnings.
Doxygen: Remove dependency on VTK when building doxygen.
Usage: Document -j|--parallel option in help message.
Usage: Document all options printing usage information.
Usage: Document all options printing the version number.
Usage: Print help, version and copyright options in usage information.
Usage: Add missing exepath argument in get_prerequisites documentation.
ccmake: Align 'g' and 'q' key instructions.
ccmake: Document '/' key.
ccmake: Factor toggle key help instructions.
Niels Dekker (1):
Fix CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE for VS10 vcxproj files (#12504)
Ondrej Balaz (1):
FindBISON: Fix bison++ version parsing to avoid "Offending entry"
Peter Collingbourne (4):
Make cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToLinkReference virtual
Introduce a cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToIncludeReference function
Introduce a cmGlobalGenerator::ResolveLanguageCompiler function
Fix configuration-dependent flag lookup in cmLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags
Peter Kuemmel (1):
Add NEWLINE_STYLE option to configure_file (#3957)
Philip Lowman (1):
FindProtoBuf: Documented limitation of the public macro
Pierre-Francois Laquerre (1):
Fix path quoting in Qt4 macros
Robert Dailey (1):
VS: Add VS_SCC_AUXPATH target property (#12549)
Rolf Eike Beer (4):
libarchive: fix typo in CheckFileOffsetBits.cmake
Tell people that link_directories() is not what they are searching for
FindBISON: Fix matching output of "bison --version"
Tests: ExternalProject: Remove unnecessary 'svn --version' call
Stephen Kelly (13):
Add features from KDE for arguments to qdbusxml2cpp.
Remove unused define.
Build each library only once instead of once for each test.
Initialize LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES target property with a variable
Also run moc automatically with Qt5.
Fix typo.
Don't assume the existence of QT_MAJOR_VERSION.
Update comments and method names to not be Qt4 specific.
Fix style.
target_link_libraries: Trim trailing whitespace
target_link_libraries: Add LINK_(PUBLIC|PRIVATE) options
moc is now part of the Qt5Core module
Add a test case for the use of Q_PRIVATE_SLOT.

New in CMake 2.8.6 (Oct 13, 2011)

New in CMake 2.8.6 RC 4 (Oct 13, 2011)

New in CMake 2.8.6 RC 3 (Oct 13, 2011)

New in CMake 2.8.6 RC 2 (Oct 13, 2011)

KWSys: Add hash function for std::string
KWSys: Fix std::string hash function for Borland
qt4: also find QtUiTools when cross compiling with mingw.
Xcode4: Requires more quoting of single quote char
cmake.m4: Use modern signature of install(FILES ...)
CMake Release Scripts: Changes for next release candidate...
Don't use a variable name that might be used in other files.
Create moc files in the current binary dir, not the top level.
Make the formatting of feature_summary output a little better.
Add the GenerateExportMacro with unit tests.
Handle the case where the user changes the DEFINE_SYMBOL property.
Add a newline at the end of the file.
Add a newline at the end of the file.
Add missing licence header.
Remove the fatal_warnings option which is no longer used.
Test for features, not specific compilers.
Simplify. We already know we have hidden visibility at this point.
Simplify the compiler feature check
Add some debug output.
Short-circuit the tests on unsupported compilers.
Test expected no-op instead of aborting the build.
Fix tests with clang.
Fix typo and tests failing as a result.
Only run the failure tests with gcc >= 4.2
Set the CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY for windows builds.
Only set the COMPILER_HAS_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY if GCC >= 4.2
Disable all export macros on Borland.
Another attempt to fix the tests on Borland.
Use the correct project name compiletest not compilefail
Fix off-by-not in test for Borland.
Another attempt at fixing Borland.
Add some debug output to narrow down deprecation test issues
Export deprecated free methods too.
Remember to surround the other deprecated test in the Borland check.
Only set the deprecated attribute if hidden visibilty is enabled.
Make sure the hidden visibility variables never get set on MINGW.
Don't use hidden visibility on non-mingw windows either.
Don't export methods on already exported classes.
Split the deprecated available check from setting macro values.
Test for compiler features, instead of for specific platforms.
Exclude the XL compiler from the hidden-visibility test.
Add the COMPILER_HAS_DEPRECATED only if it has a declspec variant
Don't change the expected build result based on the platform.
Expect the tests to pass if hidden visibilty is not enabled.
Test -Werror instead of enabling it per compiler.
Add some messaging output to make remaining issues findable.
Perform the -Werror test only once.
Test for deprecated attribute before declspec.
Try to error on deprecated on Intel and SunCC.
Borland can't do deprecated.
Fixup forgotten part of aed84517c942a4c40f493fcf997cdf6a047349f8
Disable testing of deprecated macros.
Don't enable deprecated on HP.
Don't enable deprecated on old GCC
Exclude cygwin from the hidden visibility feature.
Exclude PGI from exports and deprecated.
Start testing expected values for compiler flags.
Exclude win32 from hidden visibility checks.
Comment the test assertion for now
Test the correct cxx variable.
Fix the version extraction regex for clang.
Hopefully add version extraction for Intel.
Add some settings for non-truncation of test output.
Fix up the regex command for Intel.
Test for too-old-intel compilers.
Possibly fix test on HPUX.
Possibly fix configuration test on AIX.
Try to make the macros do almost nothing for Watcom.
More consistency in the macro options.
Add missing NO_EXPORT macro variant.
Look for errors reported by PGI too.
Quote paths in case there is a space in one of them.
Disable the tests for Watcom.
Fix Compiler id variable name.
Add quotes in case cmake is installed in a prefix with a space.
Fix the feature of using a specific prefix for macros.
Add documentation about the prefix and no_deprecated options.
Remove blank line at the start of the file.
Don't start a line with a dash(-)
Fix up verbatim code sections of the dox.
FindBoost: Call find_package with NO_MODULE first
Fix XL compilers on non-AIX machines.
Fixed link bugs in BlueGeneP build.

New in CMake 2.8.6 RC 1 (Oct 13, 2011)

FindSubversion: Invoke svn non-interactively (#12304)
Add a switch to disable a find_package() call completely
Add documentation for the CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_ switch
Add a basic test for CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_
Add macros cmake_push/pop_check_state() as discussed on the list.
Fix copyright notice test
Add CheckCXXSymbolExists.cmake, so this can be used also for C++
Minor fix to try_compile() docs (#12333)
Fix #12342: Add APPEND_STRING option to set_property()
Extend FeatureSummary: add PURPOSE of package and TYPE
FeatureSummary.cmake: remove "comment" field
FeatureSummary.cmake: add INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES keyword
FeatureSummary.cmake: error out when a REQUIRED package is missing
FeatureSummary.cmake: only higher TYPEs can override previous TYPEs
FeatureSummary.cmake: cosmetics
FeatureSummary.cmake: update documentation
Remove debug output from CheckSymbolExists
Don't put files from CMAKE_ROOT into CodeBlocks projects (#12110)
More PATH_SUFFIXES for finding Postgresql and also search catalog/pg_type.h
Use FPHSA(), remove unnecessary stuff and don't recommend link_directories()
Mark the results from find() as advanced
FindPostgreSQL: fix PATH_SUFFIXES, better output for FPHSA
Strip trailing whitespace
FindGIF/FindFreetype.cmake: remove standard search paths from find-calls
FindGif: add giflib4 as one more name for the library under Windows
Add basic version check for giflib
Patch by Campbell Barton: puts definitions into C::B project file
Remove useless line of code
Also put builtin include dirs into CodeBlocks project file
Remove trailing whitespace
Also search for libxkbfile, XSync and SM include dir
Provide macro write_basic_config_version_file()
Add example to documentation
Add some tests for write_basic_config_version_file()
Fix copyright notice
Really fix copyright notice
Set UNSUITABLE instead of not COMPATIBLE
Improve documentation for WriteBasicConfigVersionFile.cmake
Add macros GETTEXT_PROCESS_POT() and GETTEXT_PROCESS_PO_FILES()
Support REQUIRED in FindGettext.cmake (using FPHSA.cmake)
Fix #12358: make optionally enabling ASM work again
Start work on automoc: add empty cmQtAutomoc class
Start implementing skeleton for automoc in cmake
Add actual automoc code from automoc
Remove the need to check for .h/.cxx during buildtime
Add the cmake module required currently for automoc
Add AUTOMOC to the add_library() command
Fix line lengths
Move code for parsing a cpp-file from the big loop to separate function
Initialize verbose based onb the env.var.
Color output when running moc
Add the generated automoc.cpp file to the cleaned files
Use cout instead of printf()
Remove trailing whitespace
Refactor SetupAutomocTarget() so it can be run after creating the target
Remove trailing whitespace
Move automoc processing from add_executable/library to cmGlobalGenerator
Nicer progress message for the automoc target
Add a test for automoc
Add documentation for AUTOMOC, add initialization via CMAKE_AUTOMOC
Fix logic which decides when to execute automoc test
Automoc.cmake is not needed anymore
Fix build: non-void function must return a value
Fix warnings
Fix bootstrap test with automoc
Only enable the automoc test after checking that Qt4 works
Fix build: use std::ios::out|ios::trunc instead of std::ios_base::out
Silence warning in automoc: use long instead of int
Fix automoc with VS builds: apply patch from Bill
Make clLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags() public
Add find-package mode, which does nothing yet
Implement find-package mode of cmake
Replace cmake::GetScriptMode() with GetWorkingMode()
Fix copyright notice in new CMakeFindPackageMode.cmake
Better support for lib64 and Debian multiarch
Use the file-utility to test for 64bit if there is no /usr/lib64
Add a cmake.m4 for using cmake in autoconf projects instead of pkgconfig
Improve documentation for --find-package mode
Add a test for the new --find-package mode
Only run the test if we are using a makefile generator under UNIX
The makefile for the test was kindof wrong
Fix test on OpenBSD with BSD make
Rename helper macros print_compile_flags() to set_compile_flags_var()
Dont check for -isysroot and -mmacosx-version on OSX in --find-package mode
Disable any STATUS output in --find-package mode
Much improved test, should now be executed on all UNIXes
Make the --find-package test harder
Make the test harder by always having a space in the include dirs
Only enable the test when using GNU make
Fix line length
Use $(CXXFLAGS) and $(LDFLAGS) in the --find-package test Makefile
Require the current cmake version in --find-package mode
Fix --find-package mode on Cygwin, where enable_language(RC) is called
Alexey Ozeritsky (5):
fixed: search of acml libraries
gotoblas supported
ACML-GPU supported
ACML-GPU supportede
fixed: search of ATLAS library for C/C++-only projects
FindJava: Find missing java development executables.
Modules: Added CMake Java support.
Tests: Java tests should test UseJava.cmake
Tests: Check for the new Java exeutable variables.
Java: Use set_property/get_property for target variables.
Java: Fix documentation format and indentation
Search for the ASPELL executable
Only pay for unused variable checking if it is on.
Initial support for Intel Fortran VS2010.
Fix custom commands in VS2010 Fortran projects using CFG_INTDIR and test.
Use MSBuild when devenv is not around, since VCExpress seems broken.
Fix for bug #12413, nmake did not handle targets with + in the name.
MinGW: Remove old workaround and use native echo (#12283)
Document caveat of custom commands in multiple targets (#12311)
cmSystemTools: Remove trailing whitespace
RunSingleCommand: Fix indentation
RunSingleCommand: Avoid assignment in condition
Documentation: WIN32 not defined on Cygwin (#12334)
KWSys: Simplify SystemTools::GetTime implementation (#12261)
KWSys: Avoid conversion warning in SystemTools::GetTime
KWSys: Fix using long long and __int64 with hash_(set|map)
KWSys: __int64 and long long may be same type in specialization
XL: Fix old VisualAge branding of Fortran compiler
Do not crash when an imported target depends on a missing target
Fix CHECK_(C|CXX)_COMPILER_FLAG for Clang (#12394)
Clinton Stimpson (5):
Add -DQT_NO_DEBUG if no build type is specified so Qt plugins will work.
Add qt4/QtCore to help find Qt headers when cross-compiling.
Qt4: Fix reference of undefined variable when detecting frameworks on Mac OS X
Remove C compiler requirement from FindQt4.cmake
CPack/NSIS: Fix reinstall and multiple install issues when using components.
Begin post-2.8.5 development
Fix Architecture test to work with Xcode 4
Fix BuildDepends test to work with Xcode 4
Base architecture choice logic on Xcode version
Use correct default multiple architecture values in test
Add use of EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME to generated Xcode projects.
Correct KWStyle line too long error
Add fail regex to detect supported warning flags correctly.
Add support for Visual Studio project-specific globals (#8707)
Fix machine-specific UpdateGIT test failures
Ensure libgmp-10.dll is in the PATH for CMakeTestAllGenerators
Watcom: Add -c flag to wlib calls (#12245)
Add Watcom support to InstallRequiredSystemLibraries (#11866)
Watcom: Use correct args for execute_process call (#11866)
CTest: print failed tests in index order (#11746)
Fix line too long style violation
Documentation: Fix comments in the source code (#10941)
Add more find_path locations for DCMTK header files (#12323)
VS9: Add include_directories to midl command lines
KWSys: Remove translation path for "/tmp_mnt/" (#10595)
VS10: Avoid unnecessary rebuilds for custom commands
QtAutomoc test: Pass QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE
QtAutomoc: Eliminate compiler warning
CheckSymbolExists: Use IMMEDIATE flag for configure_file (#11333)
Xcode: Suppress same-old warning again.
Xcode: Save object id values in CMakeCache.txt (#11690)
Xcode: Remove PREBINDING attribute for Xcode 4 and above
RunSingleCommand: Replace verbose boolean with enum
RunSingleCommand: Add a OUTPUT_NORMAL flag.
Xcode: Quote ',' in Xcode string values (#12259)
Xcode: Rearrange CMakeReRun to enable parallel builds
VS: Factor Find64BitTools out of Win64 generator to parent
Add VisualStudio 9 and 10 generators for Itanium platform
multiarch: Treat lib/ as implicit link dir (#12326)
Java: Create java_class_filelist only if it does't exist.
Java: Added some dependency magic to avoid recompilations.
Java: Create correct jar archive dependencies.
remove extra output message from FindJava.cmake
FindThreads: Try pthreads with no special option first (#11333)
VS10: Add SCC support
Try regular compiler when no MPI compiler.
Fix issues with removing try_compile input file.
Added HDF5 high level Fortran bindings to available components.

New in CMake 2.8.5 (Oct 13, 2011)

New in CMake 2.8.5 RC 3 (Oct 13, 2011)

New in CMake 2.8.5 RC 2 (Oct 13, 2011)

Fix a memory leak.
Fix for bug#10798. VS10 did not append -I flags with COMPILE_FLAGS prop.
Append and do not clobber CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS in the test.
Use bin tree for inclues to avoid -I with spaces in the path.
One more try. Use full path by default, and relative on broken compilers.
Fix for bug #11927, external project git clone step always runs vs10.
XL: Place Fortran modules with -qmoddir= flag (#12246)
Teach file(DOWNLOAD|UPLOAD) to timeout after inactivity
Xcode: Fix parallel build depends with universal binaries (#11844)
Fix style errors added by parent and grandparent
Use cascading-if for per-config test and install code
CTest: Report tests not run due to unknown configuration
GNU: Fix CMAKE_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_FLAG_ value (#12258)
Teach find_(library|package) about Linux multiarch (#12037)
Test find_package multiarch support (#12037)
BundleUtilities: Work w/ non .app exes on Mac (#12034)
BundleUtilities: Fix regex to extract dependents from ldd (#12034)
BundleUtilities: Fix test when using xcode (#12034)
BundleUtilities: Fix issues with custom target DEPENDS in test (#12034)
BundleUtilities: Disable running test on Windows unless using MSVC.
BundleUtilities: Run test on Windows if either MSVC or dumpbin was found.
BundleUtilities: Print reason for not loading module.so
BundleUtilities: Add rpath to loadable modules in test.
Revert "BundleUtilities: Run test on Windows if either MSVC or dumpbin was found."
Qt4: complete module dependencies in UseQt4.cmake
Add imported targets support for frameworks on Mac.
Fix plugin API for gcc 2.9-aix51-020209 (#12233)
BundleUtilities: Avoid a cryptic and unhelpful error message
BundleUtilities: Avoid test on Watcom dashboards (#12034)
CMake: eliminate use of cvs in the Release scripts
CPackRPM: Enhance documentation
Add some more Specs file tag handling.
CMake: Move tokenize to cmSystemTools
Xcode: Support multiple level nesting of XCode folders (#10039)
XCode: Support target folders on XCode.
multiarch: Set CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE_REGEX for Linux|Hurd|kFreeBSD
FindProtobuf: Better MSVC support, Searching for protobuf lite
Fix , to - in Copyright message so it passes CMake.ModuleNotices test
: PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP now supports proto files outside current dir
CMake: Update documentation of STRING(SUBSTRING) for length -1 (#10740)
Fix XCode -> Xcode typos, notably in man page (#12231)
Modified the FindHDF5.cmake file to locate the Fortran bindings.
HDF5 high level library is a find COMPONENT now.
Add logic for CMake built HDF5 install.
Use CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR to locate FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.
Use HDF5_FOUND to control autoconf and CMake built FindHDF5.
Fix for bug 11752, mixed debug and release libraries.
FindHDF5 ensures good link lines when libraries are duplicated.
Remove unnecessary mark_as_advanced from FindHDF5.
Dynamic analysis test output should not be compressed.
We will actually compress memcheck output if the server supports it.
Fix type conversion warning

New in CMake 2.8.5 RC 1 (Oct 13, 2011)

Rework the way assembler is handled, use the C/CXX compiler by default
Make it possible to exlude external libs from dot files
GRAPHVIZ_IGNORE_TARGETS is now a list of regular expressions
Also generate dependers-graphviz files.
Fix XML escaping for the project() name in Eclipse projects (#11658)
Fix XML escaping for target names in Eclipse project files (#11658)
Add XML escaping for directory name in Eclipse projects (#11658)
Eclipse projects: created one linked resource for each subproject
Also add the SOURCES from add_custom_target() to CodeBlocks projects (#11736)
Add ASM support for the Intel compiler
Actually use CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER for asm, instead of CMAKE_C_COMPILER
Add support for ASM for the SunPro compiler
Add suport for ASM for the IBM XL compiler
Add support for ASm for the HP compiler.
Set the HP asm file suffix
Change the default rules so they fit better to the new ASM handling
Fix the default CMAKE_ASM_COMPILE_OBJECT, make XL-ASM use it
Add assemble- and preprocess commands for HP
The Assembler test now tests ASM for GNU, Intel, HP, XL and SunPro
Use a regexp instead a lot of ORs for checking the compiler ID
Only try assembler support for Makefile-based generators
Fix bad comparison in the detect assembler-code
It's ELSEIF(), not ELSIF()
Add temporary debug output for compiler ID detection for ASM
Add more regex for gcc, always print the ASM compiler ID
Add support for the Intel compiler used for ASM under Windows
use CMAKE_C_FLAGS when generating the assembler file
only enable the asm test for the Intel compiler if we are under UNIX
Remove trailing whitespace
Make use_mangled_mesa() available in cmake script mode (#11926)
Fix parsing include dirs and builtin macros for CXX-only projects
Don't skip the last builtin include dir for the Eclipse project file
fix VirtualFolders in Eclipse under Windows
ACML search improvement
Modules: Added CheckPrototypeDefinition module.
Tests: Added test for check_prototype_definition.
FindOpenSSL: Added support for pkg-config.
FindOpenSSL: We should only use hints to find OpenSSL.
FindOpenSSL: Fixed crypto und ssl variable names.
FindOpenSSL: Use find_package_handle_standard_args for version check.
With very long file names, VS 2010 was unable to compile files.
Fix for bug where VS2010 did not use .obj files as part of the build.
Reject directory names containing '=' (#11689)
FindQt4: Include builtin FindPackageHandleStandardArgs directly
Handle trailing slashes on add_custom_command DEPENDS
Handle relative WORKING_DIRECTORY in add_custom_(command|target)
Pass -o after -c for Fortran to avoid mpif77 ordering bug
Add link flag table entries for VS 7,8,9
VS: Create a Fortran DLL's import library directory
Fix linker flag initialization from LDFLAGS (#11840)
ccmake: Remove extra parens around comparison
Avoid direct use of std::stringstream
Honor module .def files with MinGW tools (#9997)
CTest: Update Git submodules with --recursive
libarchive: Remove unused build/windows directory (#11885)
Pass .def files directly to MinGW tools (#9997)
Fix Fortran test .def file symbol mangling
Require at least CMake 2.6.3 to build current CMake
GNUInstallDirs: Simplify and clarify documentation
KWSys: Require at least CMake 2.6.3
Remove unused CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY mark
Factor AIX and XL compiler flags into common module
Move RPATH flags to AIX per-compiler information files
Initialize ASM rpath flags for executables with those for shared libs
Add ASM platform information for XL compiler on AIX
Factor HP compiler flags into per-platform/per-compiler files
Add ASM platform information for HP compiler on HP
Add target property LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC to aid static linking
Test static linking with LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC
Fix Assembler test to parse C flags string before using
Teach Assembler test to generate main.s at build time
Do not bother enabling C++ in Assembler test
The link interface of MODULE libraries is empty (#11945)
CTest: Do not fail with submodules and Git < 1.6.5.0
Remove trailing whitespace
Add parens in cmTarget::ComputeLinkInterface logic
Validate custom command arguments (#11963)
Factor old-style -D flags out from -I flag generation
FindMPI: Fix documentation formatting
Generate target-wide flags before individual build rules
Optionally pass include directories with response files
Pass include directories with response files to GNU on Windows
Enable Java test more carefully on Apple
Disable Java test with Xcode generator
Allow '.' in target names in generator expressions (#12002)
GNUInstallDirs: Propagate DATAROOTDIR changes to dependent defaults
KWSys: Do not trust EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH for ProcessFwd9x encoding
Refine unused cache variable warning
Fix unused cache warning after multiple configure iterations
FortranCInterface: Fix mangling detection with Cray Fortran >= 7.3.2
Fix typo in include_directories documentation (#12020)
KWSys: Recognize rxvt-unicode-256color terminal (#12013)
Normalize slashes of add_custom_(command|target) DEPENDS (#11973)
COMP: Fix build against non-standard outside libarchive
Modules: Add comment and copyright notice validation to readme.txt
cmArchiveWrite: Clear xattr and acl from entries (#11958)
find_package: Forward component list for recursive calls in modules
XL: Set C++ and Fortran flags consistently with C
XL: Consolidate compiler flag information
XL: Avoid copying archives into shared libraries that link them
VS10: Fix working directory of consecutive custom commands (#11938)
Fix working drive of make rules on Windows
Change working drive only in MinGW Makefiles
VS: Use setlocal/endlocal only in VS 10 custom commands
VS10: Fix exit code of custom commands with setlocal/endlocal (#11938)
KWSys: Remove unused CheckCXXSourceRuns cmake module
find_package: Rename implementation of user package registry
find_package: Cleanup user package registry less aggressively
find_package: Document user package registry locations
find_package: Search a "system package registry"
find_package: Check both 32-bit and 64-bit registry views
find_package: Test system package registry when possible
find_package: Fix system package registry test path conversion
FindITK: Use passthru find_package config mode for messages
OpenBSD: Use 'arch -s' for host processor (#12143)
Fix case typo in CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE docs (#12148)
KWSys: Fix leaked FILE in EncodeExecutable error case
ENH: Fix Intel 12 plugin project generation for VS < 10
Revert "Honor RULE_MESSAGES property for build target messages" (#12190)
Fix signed/unsigned comparison in EscapeJSON
Fix run_compile_commands build on Apple GCC 3.3
Make std::map usage more portable in language=>flags/defines maps
Provide std::map::at for use in run_compile_commands
run_compile_commands: Avoid shadow in std::map::at workaround
Improve string(RANDOM) default seed
run_compile_commands: Avoid extra stl vector conversion
VS 6: Define _WIN32_WINNT to load wincrypt.h correctly
run_compile_commands: Cast istream::get() result to char
Fix CompileCommandOutput test for Make tools not supporting spaces
Explicitly cast time value in cmSystemTools::RandomSeed
Fix CompileCommandOutput test build on Windows
Add Absoft Fortran compiler id and basic flags
Absoft: Detect implicit link libraries on Linux and Mac
Absoft: Enable FortranCInterface check in Fortran test
Document status of output_required_files command (#12214)
Fix forced-seed argument type in string(RANDOM)
Add new module Armadillo
Corrected copyright format in FindArmadillo.cmake
Change to use fphsa to check required variables and version.
Fix grouping bug where "Ungrouped Entries" showed up as a child.
When checking find_package() components, special case qtmain.
Fix issues with find_path() for QtCore include dir on Mac. Fixes 11868.
Fix regression in 43cb9b8.
Speed up creation of parameters file for moc custom command.
Combine component packaging methods into an enum.
Add component support to DragNDrop generator.
ExternalProject Test: Increase test timeout value
CFBundle Test: Add PATHS for finding Rez (#11295)
CTest: Mark DART_TESTING_TIMEOUT as advanced (#10150)
Xcode: Allow override of CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES (#8914)
Tests: Eliminate unnecessary files and variables.
VS9: Map enable/disable PREfast flags (#10638)
Strip trailing space from xcode-select output (#10723)
CTest: Add alias for make test target (#4564)
Add CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE variable (#2828)
Add CMAKE_ARGC and CMAKE_ARGV0..N-1 variables (#2828)
Fix KWStyle line-too-long complaint (#2828)
Documentation: Sync two differing copies of -E docs (#10446)
Clarify list subcommand documentation (#8154)
VS2010: Fixed GenerateManifest flag (#10704)
VS: Only use /MANIFEST if hasManifest is true (#11216)
Make file DOWNLOAD less noisy (#11761)
Begin post-2.8.4 development
Use stable_sort to preserve test order (#11877)
Implement file(UPLOAD (#11286)
Fix KWStyle line too long error (#11286)
ExternalProject: Extract file names from more urls
InstallRequiredSystemLibraries: Read reg values with get_filename_component
Add correct module notice header.
If getconf returns empty output, try cpuinfo. (#11302)
Add ProcessorCount support for QNX via pidin. (#11302)
Compare ProcessorCount to SystemInformation count. (#11302)
ProcessorCount test: more output, do not fail. (#11302)
ProcessorCount: Add support for remaining platforms (#11302)
ProcessorCount: Test fails if count is 0 (#11302)
ProcessorCount: Use ERROR_QUIET with execute_process (#11302)
ExternalProject: Add SVN_TRUST_CERT argument
CMake: Clarify the --debug-trycompile help text
ExternalProject: Always use --non-interactive with svn
VS10: Write header-only files in correct xml element (#11925)
CPackRPM honors all the different ways of packaging components
CPackRPM fix IRIX compiler warning (variable never used)
CPack remove "-ALL" suffix for ALL-IN-ONE packages
CPack Authorize DISPLAY_NAME usage in component package
CPack fix KWStyle warning
CPack remove previously CPack generated files (if any) before running CPack
CPackRPM Replace space in some CPACK_ vars (Fix bug 9932)
CPackRPM activate CPackRPM test on Linux systems where rpmbuild is found
CPackArchive package all components specified in CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL
CPack more robust way to collect files belonging to a component
CPackRPM do not run test if build dir contains space
CPack fix compile error on VS70 and avoid KWStyle warnings
CPackRPM add more trace output in order to help failing diagnostics
CPackRPM even more trace in debug mode or in case of failure
CPackRPM non matching ENDIF
CPack try to please SUSE 64 bits and install lib in lib64 and not lib.
Remove debbuging typo
CPack fix CPackDeb crash when CPackDeb.cmake ends with a FATAL_ERROR
CPack fix #11930 and simplifies component packaging options
Fix #11964 Handle lib64 library on Linux
Fix KWStyle warnings
Split CPack.cmake in more manageable parts
Fix KWStyle warnings
CPackRPM Fix #12096: handle absolute install path with component install
CPack make RPM work on AIX. fix #0012183 merge patch from Pasi Valminen
Add FloatingPointModel to the list of known VS7 generator flags.
XCode: Also qoute [] as needed to set build-configurations.
Documentation: document platform specific -E commands (#10446)
CPackDeb add Component Support to DEB generator fix #0011655
refactor flags and defines
cache flags and defines
implement cxx command output
make compile command output optional
Adds a test for the compile command line output.
Only offer the compile command output feature on unix systems
CTest: Use the gcov --preserve-paths flag (#11717)
When cross compiling, don't double-root paths when using find_*.
CPackDeb: Fix #12006 broken package names
CPackDeb: Handle dirs for CONTROL_EXTRA correctly when packaging components
This commit fixes bug #0010316
Add a new function SWIG_GET_WRAPPER_DEPENDENCIES to UseSWIG.cmake
Add support for Java on HP
Add support for java on fedora
UseSWIG.cmake does not expand $(OutDir)
Add support for new swig 2.0 application
UseSWIG.cmake did not support multiple modules and parallel builds
Add support for FindJava on HP-UX and alpha
Add module ProcessorCount.cmake (#11302)
Documentation: Fix a few typos (#11883)
Add GNUInstallDirs module to define GNU layout (#3976)
VS7/8/9: Map whole program optimization flags (#10263)
Add support for CFBundle targets on the Mac (#11295)
output of Apache Maven
FindZLIB: print library instead of include directory
Removed most usage of Carbon in favour of CoreFoundation
VS8/9: Add flag map entries for /Zc:wchar_t (#10397)
VS7/8/9: Add flag map for string pooling option (#10397)
Add a string(FIND) sub-command (#11795)
FindMPI: Handle multiple languages
Added backward compatibility for input as well as output vars.
Ensure executable files have executable permissions.
Implement ctest_upload command
Change 'Files' tag to 'Upload' in Upload.xml
Don't tar/gz ctest_upload() files
Add the FILES keyword to ctest_upload command
cmCTestUploadCommand::CheckArgumentKeyword should return false if not FILES