CMP0025 — CMake 4.0.1 Documentation (original) (raw)

Compiler id for Apple Clang is now AppleClang.

CMake 3.0 and above recognize that Apple Clang is a different compiler than upstream Clang and that they have different version numbers. CMake now prefers to present this to projects by setting theCMAKE__COMPILER_ID variable to AppleClang instead of Clang. However, existing projects may assume the compiler id for Apple Clang is just Clang as it was in CMake versions prior to 3.0. Therefore this policy determines for Apple Clang which compiler id to report in the CMAKE__COMPILER_ID variable after language <LANG> is enabled by the project() orenable_language() command. The policy must be set prior to the invocation of either command.

The OLD behavior for this policy is to use compiler id Clang. TheNEW behavior for this policy is to use compiler id AppleClang.

This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0. Prior to removal in CMake version 4.0, it could be set by cmake_policy() or cmake_minimum_required(). If it was not set, CMake did not warn by default, and used OLD behavior.

See documentation of theCMAKE_POLICY_WARNING_CMP0025variable to control the warning in CMake versions before 4.0.