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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2021-06-29 17:34:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2021-06-30 14:55:40 (GMT) |
| commit | e216b9bbd331e77e59634690a2be98f087acaf2c (patch) | |
| tree | bbbb4bc6d552751772045ad3993dba2ba70b8536 /Help/variable | |
| parent | 6986a382a912f4b982f4b20a6e04ff1d773ef1eb (diff) | |
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cmake: Allow CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to be set by environment variable
When no `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is explicitly specified while creating a new
build tree, check for an environment variable of the same name.
Issue: #20983
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/variable')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst index b29678a..9ad1481 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ value of ``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`` will be ``ReLeAsE``. This variable is initialized by the first :command:`project` or :command:`enable_language` command called in a project when a new build -tree is first created. A toolchain-specific default is chosen when a -language is enabled. +tree is first created. If the :envvar:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` environment +variable is set, its value is used. Otherwise, a toolchain-specific +default is chosen when a language is enabled. See :variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES` for specifying the configuration with multi-config generators. |