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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst index 89abe54..6a24197 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst @@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET ----------------------- -Native build system toolset name specified by user. +Native build system toolset specification provided by user. -Some CMake generators support a toolset name to be given to the native -build system to choose a compiler. If the user specifies a toolset -name (e.g. via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option) the value will be -available in this variable. +Some CMake generators support a toolset specification to tell the +native build system how to choose a compiler. If the user specifies +a toolset (e.g. via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` 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` variable may initialize ``CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET``. Once a given build tree has been initialized with a particular value for this variable, changing the value has undefined behavior. + +Toolset specification is supported only on specific generators: + +* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2010 and above +* The :generator:`Xcode` generator for Xcode 3.0 and above + +See native build system documentation for allowed toolset names. |