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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2016-10-07 15:57:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2016-10-14 09:22:26 -0400 |
| commit | d079e71c290c3c55a2db5180953daf014a964c25 (patch) | |
| tree | a2b7f24b599049e22e21fedca8fd9955e5c0d616 /Help/variable | |
| parent | 779939a00ebc21419404737f2fc2b34e7775f086 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-d079e71c290c3c55a2db5180953daf014a964c25.tar.gz | |
VS: Provide an option to use x64 host tools
Visual Studio provides toolchains that are themselves built for 32-bit
or 64-bit host architectures. By default it uses the 32-bit tools, but
it can be told to prefer the 64-bit tools on 64-bit hosts. Extend the
`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` specification to provide a way to request
use of the 64-bit host tools.
Closes: #15622
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/variable')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4c04e97ce8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE +------------------------------------------- + +Visual Studio preferred tool architecture. + +The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2013 and above support optional +selection of a 64-bit toolchain on 64-bit hosts by specifying a ``host=64`` +value in the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` option. CMake provides +the selected toolchain architecture preference in this variable (either +``x64`` or empty). |