CMake/Help/policy/CMP0040.rst

CMP0040
-------

The target in the ``TARGET`` signature of :command:`add_custom_command`
must exist and must be defined in the current directory.

CMake 2.8.12 and lower silently ignored a custom command created with
the ``TARGET`` signature of :command:`add_custom_command`
if the target is unknown or was defined outside the current directory.

The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to ignore custom commands
for unknown targets.  The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to report
an error if the target referenced in :command:`add_custom_command` is
unknown or was defined outside the current directory.

.. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.0
.. |WARNS_OR_DOES_NOT_WARN| replace:: warns
.. include:: STANDARD_ADVICE.txt

.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt