CMP0217

Added in version 4.4.

The MACROS directory property does not exist anymore.

In CMake 4.3 and below, the macros defined in a directory are registered in the MACROS directory property. However, the property does not have the same scope as macros, so it does not represent the actual list of macros. In CMake 4.4 and above, this property is not longer filled with the defined macros. One may still use if(COMMAND myMacro) to test whether one exists.

The OLD behavior for this policy is to store macros definition in the MACROS directory property. The NEW behavior for this policy is to no longer manage the MACROS directory property.

This policy was introduced in CMake version 4.4. It may be set by cmake_policy() or cmake_minimum_required(). If it is not set, CMake does not warn, and uses OLD behavior.

Note

The OLD behavior of a policy is deprecated by definition and may be removed in a future version of CMake.