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| author | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2020-02-26 22:19:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards@kitware.com> | 2020-02-27 15:39:35 (GMT) |
| commit | c794b70f194bcff6f06971767f18473da13950e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 10882364d6d53229428bf2448ef25daf1325c75d /Help/generator | |
| parent | 9590c3a400cc16882fee860818cfdcca82e17a37 (diff) | |
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Ninja Multi-Config: Always generate build.ninja
If CMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE is not specified, use the first item
from CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES instead.
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/generator')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/generator/Ninja Multi-Config.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Help/generator/Ninja Multi-Config.rst b/Help/generator/Ninja Multi-Config.rst index c2331f0..1f68535 100644 --- a/Help/generator/Ninja Multi-Config.rst +++ b/Help/generator/Ninja Multi-Config.rst @@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ multiple configurations at once with :variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES` instead of only one configuration with :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`. One ``build-<Config>.ninja`` file will be generated for each of these configurations (with ``<Config>`` being the configuration name.) These files -are intended to be run with ``ninja -f build-<Config>.ninja``. No -``build.ninja`` file is generated by default (see below for how to generate -it.) +are intended to be run with ``ninja -f build-<Config>.ninja``. A +``build.ninja`` file is also generated, using the configuration from either +:variable:`CMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE` or the first item from +:variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES`. ``cmake --build . --config <Config>`` will always use ``build-<Config>.ninja`` to build. If no ``--config`` argument is specified, ``cmake --build .`` will @@ -51,10 +52,10 @@ The ``Ninja Multi-Config`` generator recognizes the following variables: :variable:`CMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE` Specifies the configuration to use by default in a ``build.ninja`` file. If - this variable is specified, a ``build.ninja`` file is generated which uses - build rules from ``build-<Config>.ninja`` by default. All custom commands are - executed with this configuration. If the variable is not specified, no - ``build.ninja`` file is generated. + this variable is specified, ``build.ninja`` uses build rules from + ``build-<Config>.ninja`` by default. All custom commands are executed with + this configuration. If the variable is not specified, the first item from + :variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES` is used instead. The value of this variable must be one of the items from :variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES`. |