CMD_AUTHORΒΆ

Command Line:

-W[no-][error=]author

Presets:

warnings.author, errors.author

Default:

Warn

Warn about a build system's incorrect use of CMake, or of a CMake interface provided by a dependency. This is the category triggered by message(AUTHOR_WARNING). It is also the ancestor of many other diagnostic categories.

The most important aspect of this category is that it represents issues with a project's build system which typically require alteration to the same. This is to say that users simply trying to build a project obtained elsewhere will typically not be interested in these warnings, except to perhaps report them to the project's developer(s).