CMP0038ΒΆ
Targets may not link directly to themselves.
CMake 2.8.12 and lower allowed a build target to link to itself directly with
a target_link_libraries() call. This is an indicator of a bug in
user code.
The OLD behavior for this policy is to ignore targets which list themselves
in their own link implementation. The NEW behavior for this policy is to
report an error if a target attempts to link to itself.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0.
It may be set by cmake_policy() or cmake_minimum_required().
If it is not set, CMake warns, 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.