From: Yurii Rashkovskii <yrashk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 22:33:31 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Problem: modern CMake warns about version 2.8
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=debe8b70b7987cc5c429a5e5fc4dced7e4fca089;p=json-c

Problem: modern CMake warns about version 2.8

The warning is as follows:

```
Compatibility with CMake < 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of CMake.
```

Solution: set it at 2.8.12
---

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2be027d..d234af7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-# Many projects still are stuck using CMake 2.8 is several places so it's good to provide backward support too. This is
+# Many projects still are stuck using CMake 2.8 in several places so it's good to provide backward support too. This is
 # specially true in old embedded systems (OpenWRT and friends) where CMake isn't necessarily upgraded.
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+# We set it to 2.8.12 as CMake currently indicates that support for versions below it will be removed
+# from a future version ("Compatibility with CMake < 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of CMake.")
+# 2.8.12 was released in 2013.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 
 if(POLICY CMP0048)
 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)