Previously we saved it in the cache, which:
* Persists even if a new version of CMake changes how the check works.
* Does not propagate to `try_compile` checks.
Add a variable to indicate the latest standard known to be supported for
each language:
* `CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LATEST`
* `CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LATEST`
* `CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD_LATEST`
* `CMAKE_HIP_STANDARD_LATEST`
* `CMAKE_OBJC_STANDARD_LATEST`
* `CMAKE_OBJCXX_STANDARD_LATEST`
These variables, more generally referred to as
`CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_LATEST`, are assigned an integer value which
represents the minimum between the latest version of the associated
language standard supported by the current compiler and the latest
version supported by CMake.
Add documentation for these variables in a new page called
`CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_LATEST` was added under the "Variables for
Languages" section of the `cmake-variables(7)` page.
Update each compiler-specific CMake script under
`${CMAKE_ROOT}\Modules\Compiler` to manually define the relevant
`CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_LATEST` variable as necessary. This will
require updating and maintaining as newer compiler versions become
recognized by CMake.
Closes: #25717
Extract the effective linker during the computation of implicit artifacts
delivered by the compiler to the linker.
Define various variables describing the linker:
* CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER
* CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_VERSION
* CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_ID
* CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_FRONTEND_VARIANT
This is complementary to feature introduced by commit 96a953b1ed
(Add options to specify linker tool, 2023-09-27).
Fixes: #17596, #18209, #25344
Offer the capability, through variable `CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE`, as well as
the target property `LINKER_TYPE` to specify which linker must be used.
The implementation of this capability is specified by variables specific
to the language and linker type: `CMAKE_<LANG>_USING_LINKER_<TYPE>`.
Some definitions are provided as part of `CMake`.
For example, to select the `LLVM` linker rather than the standard one,
the type `LLD` should be specified through the variable `CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE`.
And, on `Apple`, `Linux` and some environments on `Windows`, the variable
`CMAKE_<LANG>_USING_LINKER_LLD` has value `-fuse-ld=lld`. And for `Windows`
environments based on `MSVC`, where the linker is used directly, the tool
`lld-link.exe` will be used rather than `link.exe`.
Fixes: #19174, #24254, #24990
We need `CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE` to find the package before HIP
compiler ABI detection. However, if HIP is the first enabled language,
the value is not known until `CMAKE_HIP_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE` is
determined by the ABI detection step. Resolve this by detecting
`CMAKE_HIP_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE` from the compiler id output.
Fixes: #24562
It only makes sense to use the CMake package from the same ROCm
installation that the compiler uses. Ask the HIP compiler to report the
location of the ROCm installation. Verify up front that it contains the
expected CMake package file.
