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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-09-15 14:27:38 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2014-09-15 14:27:38 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'vs-generator-platform'
be6a555d Tests: Test setting a generator platform in a toolchain file d506fee8 Tests: Use -A option to pass generator platform selection 11c9ddd6 ExternalProject: Use -A option to pass generator platform 29bd843e CTest: Use -A option to pass generator platform selection eb7d8156 cmake: Add -A option to specify a generator platform
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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Generator-specific target platform name specified by user.
Some CMake generators support a target platform name to be given
to the native build system to choose a compiler toolchain.
+If the user specifies a toolset name (e.g. via the cmake -A option)
+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`