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CMP0028
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.. |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
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