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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst index f388ccf..aba8ca3 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.rst @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ then ``CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`` is by default set to the same value as the :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable so that the build targets the host system version. +In the case of a host build then ``CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`` may be set +explicitly when first configuring a new build tree in order to enable +targeting the build for a different version of the host operating system +than is actually running on the host. This is allowed and not considered +cross compiling so long as the binaries built for the specified OS version +can still run on the host. + System Version for Cross Compiling ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |