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authorEicke Herbertz <wolletd@posteo.de>2019-04-11 22:50:33 (GMT)
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Help: Add documentation for default generator environment variables
Documentation for environment variables that control the default generator selection: * CMAKE_GENERATOR * CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE * CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM * CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
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build system. Possible generator names are specified in the
:manual:`cmake-generators(7)` manual.
+ If not specified, CMake checks the :envvar:`CMAKE_GENERATOR` environment
+ variable and otherwise falls back to a builtin default selection.
+
``-T <toolset-spec>``
Toolset specification for the generator, if supported.