summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-07-14 19:19:56 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-07-14 19:22:54 (GMT)
commit7968d9d442d5582f12c9eb34e9883cc77bb1b068 (patch)
treeefd844036dc796c6131446b2fdd75e869cca9b91 /Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake
parent2da778664d3e99ada4e67a5a1b9d377f92a9f75f (diff)
downloadCMake-7968d9d442d5582f12c9eb34e9883cc77bb1b068.zip
CMake-7968d9d442d5582f12c9eb34e9883cc77bb1b068.tar.gz
CMake-7968d9d442d5582f12c9eb34e9883cc77bb1b068.tar.bz2
Help: Document CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER as specific to NVIDIA nvcc
Explain the purpose of this variable and the conditions under which it can be set. Point out that it should not be set explicitly without also setting `CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER` explicitly. Issue: #20826
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake')
-rw-r--r--Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake b/Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake
index d67d8d3..44387d4 100644
--- a/Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CheckLanguage.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test project. The result is cached in :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER`
as the compiler that was found, or ``NOTFOUND`` if the language cannot be
enabled. For CUDA which can have an explicit host compiler, the cache
:variable:`CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER` variable will be set if it was required
-for compilation.
+for compilation (and cleared if it was not).
Example: