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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.rst index 0466da4..c3a42e5 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.rst @@ -1,8 +1,20 @@ CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME ----------------- -Name of the operating system CMake is building for. +The name of the operating system for which CMake is to build. +See the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable for the OS version. -This is the name of the operating system on which CMake is targeting. This -variable is the same as :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME` if you build for the -host system instead of the target system when cross compiling. +System Name for Host Builds +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +``CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME`` is by default set to the same value as the +:variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME` variable so that the build +targets the host system. + +System Name for Cross Compiling +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +``CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME`` may be set explicitly when first configuring a new build +tree in order to enable :ref:`cross compiling <Cross Compiling Toolchain>`. +In this case the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable must also be +set explicitly. |