CMP0028 ------- .. |REMOVED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 4.0 .. include:: include/REMOVED_PROLOGUE.rst Double colon in target name means ``ALIAS`` or ``IMPORTED`` target. CMake 2.8.12 and lower allowed the use of targets and files with double colons in :command:`target_link_libraries`, with some buildsystem generators. The use of double-colons is a common pattern used to namespace ``IMPORTED`` targets and ``ALIAS`` targets. When computing the link dependencies of a target, the name of each dependency could either be a target, or a file on disk. Previously, if a target was not found with a matching name, the name was considered to refer to a file on disk. This can lead to confusing error messages if there is a typo in what should be a target name. See also the :prop_tgt:`LINK_LIBRARIES_ONLY_TARGETS` target property. The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to search for targets, then files on disk, even if the search term contains double-colons. The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to issue a ``FATAL_ERROR`` if a link dependency contains double-colons but is not an ``IMPORTED`` target or an ``ALIAS`` target. .. |INTRODUCED_IN_CMAKE_VERSION| replace:: 3.0 .. |WARNED_OR_DID_NOT_WARN| replace:: warned .. include:: include/REMOVED_EPILOGUE.rst
