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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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@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ Generator-specific instance specification provided by user.
Some CMake generators support selection of an instance of the native build
system when multiple instances are available. If the user specifies an
-instance (e.g. by setting this cache entry), or after a default instance is
-chosen when a build tree is first configured, the value will be available in
-this variable.
+instance (e.g. by setting this cache entry or via the
+:envvar:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE` environment variable), or after a default
+instance is chosen when a build tree is first configured, the value will be
+available in this variable.
The value of this variable should never be modified by project code.
A toolchain file specified by the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`