add documentation of manual c++11 specification

Per #1883, builds of Google Test may fail if the version C++ is not manually
set to C++11 during the build process.

Signed-off-by: Joel Anderson <joelanderson333@gmail.com>
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Joel Anderson 2018-10-23 20:28:43 -04:00
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@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ Google Test already has a CMake option for this: `gtest_force_shared_crt`
Enabling this option will make gtest link the runtimes dynamically too, and
match the project in which it is included.
#### C++ Standard Version
An environment that supports C++11 is required in order to successfully build
Google Test. One way to ensure this is to specify the standard in the top-level
project, for example by using the `set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)` command. If this
is not feasible, for example in a C project using Google Test for validation,
then it can be specified by adding it to the options for cmake via the
`DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS` option.
### Legacy Build Scripts
Before settling on CMake, we have been providing hand-maintained build