CMake/Help/policy/CMP0087.rst

CMP0087
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.. versionadded:: 3.14

:command:`install(CODE)` and :command:`install(SCRIPT)` support generator
expressions.

In CMake 3.13 and earlier, :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)` did not evaluate generator expressions.  CMake 3.14
and later will evaluate generator expressions for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)`.

The ``OLD`` behavior of this policy is for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)` to not evaluate generator expressions.  The ``NEW``
behavior is to evaluate generator expressions for :command:`install(CODE)` and
:command:`install(SCRIPT)`.

Note that it is the value of this policy setting at the end of the directory
scope that is important, not its setting at the time of the call to
:command:`install(CODE)` or :command:`install(SCRIPT)`.  This has implications
for calling these commands from places that have their own policy scope but not
their own directory scope (e.g. from files brought in via :command:`include()`
rather than :command:`add_subdirectory()`).

.. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.14
.. |WARNS_OR_DOES_NOT_WARN| replace:: warns
.. include:: STANDARD_ADVICE.txt

.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt