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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM.rst | 11 |
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM.rst index 97caa8a..f1d88a5 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM.rst @@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ to configure the project: otherwise undocumented ``cmakexbuild`` wrapper implementing some workarounds). - This generator stores ``CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM`` in the CMake cache - so that it may be edited by the user. + This generator prefers to lookup the build tool at build time + rather than to store ``CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM`` in the CMake cache + ahead of time. This is because ``xcodebuild`` is easy to find, + the ``cmakexbuild`` wrapper is needed only for older Xcode versions, + and the path to ``cmakexbuild`` may be outdated if CMake itself moves. + + For compatibility with versions of CMake prior to 3.2, if + a user or project explicitly adds ``CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM`` to + the CMake cache then CMake will use the specified value. * The Visual Studio generators set this to the full path to ``MSBuild.exe`` (VS >= 10), ``devenv.com`` (VS 7,8,9), |