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| author | Gilles Khouzam <gillesk@microsoft.com> | 2015-09-23 14:27:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2015-10-02 09:43:24 -0400 |
| commit | b31ac171a4acdc8d8eb1d08c5b5f61ec90a9dbaa (patch) | |
| tree | 231dbfbca2b43a245c3ce303c3f6909a984e9f3d /Help/variable | |
| parent | 70688609412421c3efa168f9c210a9e4e06a5578 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-b31ac171a4acdc8d8eb1d08c5b5f61ec90a9dbaa.tar.gz | |
Allow CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION to be set without CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME
Teach CMakeDetermineSystem to check for a CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION setting
even when CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME is not set. This will allow builds on the
host OS to target other versions of the OS without full cross-compiling.
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/variable')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst index f388ccf6b2..aba8ca32b1 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ then ``CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`` is by default set to the same value as the :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable so that the build targets the host system version. +In the case of a host build then ``CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`` may be set +explicitly when first configuring a new build tree in order to enable +targeting the build for a different version of the host operating system +than is actually running on the host. This is allowed and not considered +cross compiling so long as the binaries built for the specified OS version +can still run on the host. + System Version for Cross Compiling ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |