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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-06-03 12:32:44 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-06-03 12:32:44 (GMT)
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cmake: Allow CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE to be set by environment variable
When no `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` is explicitly specified while creating a new build tree, check for an environment variable of the same name.
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-rw-r--r--Help/envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst12
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst1
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/env-toolchain-file.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst3
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Help/envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst b/Help/envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea9cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
+--------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.21
+
+.. include:: ENV_VAR.txt
+
+The ``CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`` environment variable specifies a default value
+for the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` variable when there is no explicit
+configuration given on the first run while creating a new build tree.
+On later runs in an existing build tree the value persists in the cache
+as :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`.
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst
index 8932abf..bfdc841 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Environment Variables that Control the Build
/envvar/CMAKE_MSVCIDE_RUN_PATH
/envvar/CMAKE_NO_VERBOSE
/envvar/CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
+ /envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
/envvar/DESTDIR
/envvar/LDFLAGS
/envvar/MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/env-toolchain-file.rst b/Help/release/dev/env-toolchain-file.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bcd493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/env-toolchain-file.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+env-toolchain-file
+------------------
+
+* The :envvar:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` environment variable was added to
+ provide a default value for the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst
index e462c5e..ff8d59a 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.rst
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ platform and compiler related information.
Relative paths are allowed and are interpreted first as relative to the
build directory, and if not found, relative to the source directory.
+
+This is initialized by the :envvar:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` environment
+variable if it is set when a new build tree is first created.