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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-06-29 20:58:16 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-06-30 14:55:40 (GMT)
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cmake: Allow CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES to be set by environment variable
When no `CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES` is explicitly specified while creating a new build tree, check for an environment variable of the same name. Issue: #20983
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@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ types.
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. The default value is generator-specific.
+tree is first created. If the :envvar:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES`
+environment variable is set, its value is used. Otherwise, the default
+value is generator-specific.
See :variable:`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` for specifying the configuration with
single-config generators.