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authorBasil Fierz <basil.fierz@hotmail.com>2018-05-19 11:23:21 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-29 14:12:59 (GMT)
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VS: Add option to select the version of the toolset used by VS 2017
Add new `version=` parameter in the toolset setting to select the version. Add variable `CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_VERSION` to hold the version, if one is set (blank indicates default). Fixes: #17549
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+------------------
+
+* The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2017 learned to support a
+ ``version=14.##`` option in the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET`
+ value (e.g. via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option) to specify a
+ toolset version number.