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@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME
Name of the OS CMake is building for.
-This is the name of the operating system on which CMake is targeting.
-On systems that have the uname command, this variable is set to the
-output of uname -s. Linux, Windows, and Darwin for Mac OS X are the
-values found on the big three operating systems.
+This is the name of the OS 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.