The `CMAKE_{EXE,SHARED,MODULE,STATIC}_LINKER_FLAGS` variables are
not language-specific, so multiple languages' toolchains may disagree
about if/how to pass the flag through a compiler driver to the linker.
Furthermore, carrying the flag in public-facing variables allows projects
or users to change it even though it is required. Add policy CMP0197
to remove the flag from the public-facing variables and generate it
automatically instead:
* For command-line generators, add the `-machine:` flag to the
linker and archiver rule variables.
* For Visual Studio generators, we do not need to explicitly add the
link `-machine:` flag. MSBuild automatically adds it, and the new
behavior actually removes a duplicate we generated previously.
Issue: #21934
CMake Tests Directory
*********************
This directory contains the CMake test suite.
See also the `CMake Testing Guide`_ and the `CMake Source Code Guide`_.
.. _`CMake Testing Guide`: ../Help/dev/testing.rst
.. _`CMake Source Code Guide`: ../Help/dev/source.rst
Many tests exist as immediate subdirectories, but some tests
are organized as follows.
* ``CMakeLib/``:
Source code, used for tests, that links to the ``CMakeLib`` library
defined over in ``Source/``.
* ``CMakeOnly/``:
Deprecated. Tests that run CMake to generate a project but not build it.
Superseded by ``Tests/RunCMake/``.
* ``Find*/``:
Tests for specific find modules that can only be run on machines with
the corresponding packages installed. They are enabled in
``CMakeLists.txt`` by undocumented options used on CI builds.
* ``Module/``:
Tests for specific CMake modules.
* ``RunCMake/``:
Tests that run CMake and/or other tools while precisely checking
their return code and stdout/stderr content. Useful for testing
error cases and diagnostic output.
See `RunCMake/README.rst`_.
.. _`RunCMake/README.rst`: RunCMake/README.rst