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<span id="policy:CMP0051"></span><h1>CMP0051<a class="headerlink" href="#cmp0051" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.1.</span></p>
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<p>List <span class="target" id="index-0-genex:TARGET_OBJECTS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.html#genex:TARGET_OBJECTS" title="TARGET_OBJECTS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-genex docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TARGET_OBJECTS</span></code></a> in SOURCES target property.</p>
<p>CMake 3.0 and lower did not include the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TARGET_OBJECTS</span></code>
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.html#manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)" title="cmake-generator-expressions(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">generator</span> <span class="pre">expression</span></code></a> when
returning the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:SOURCES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/SOURCES.html#prop_tgt:SOURCES" title="SOURCES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SOURCES</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<p>Configure-time CMake code is not able to handle generator expressions. If
using the <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:SOURCES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/SOURCES.html#prop_tgt:SOURCES" title="SOURCES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SOURCES</span></code></a> target property at configure time, it may be
necessary to first remove generator expressions using the
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:string"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/string.html#command:string" title="string"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string(GENEX_STRIP)</span></code></a> command. Generate-time CMake code such as
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/file.html#command:file" title="file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">file(GENERATE)</span></code></a> can handle the content without stripping.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior for this policy is to omit <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TARGET_OBJECTS</span></code>
expressions from the <span class="target" id="index-2-prop_tgt:SOURCES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/SOURCES.html#prop_tgt:SOURCES" title="SOURCES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SOURCES</span></code></a> target property. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEW</span></code>
behavior for this policy is to include <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TARGET_OBJECTS</span></code> expressions
in the output.</p>
<p>This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.1.
CMake version 3.23.1 warns when the policy is not set and uses
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior. Use the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:cmake_policy"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/cmake_policy.html#command:cmake_policy" title="cmake_policy"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake_policy()</span></code></a> command to set it
to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEW</span></code> explicitly.</p>
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior of a policy is
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-policies(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-policies.7.html#manual:cmake-policies(7)" title="cmake-policies(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">deprecated</span> <span class="pre">by</span> <span class="pre">definition</span></code></a>
and may be removed in a future version of CMake.</p>
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