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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/vs-instance.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Help/release/dev/vs-instance.rst b/Help/release/dev/vs-instance.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b9ff4b --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/vs-instance.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +vs-instance +----------- + +* The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2017 and above learned to + use portable instances of Visual Studio not known to the VS installer. + See the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE` variable. diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst index 3596bf6..6a35f17 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ Supported pairs are: Specify the 4-component VS Build Version. +.. versionadded:: 3.23 + + A portable VS instance may be specified that is not known to the + Visual Studio Installer tool. The ``location`` and ``version=`` + values must both be provided. + If the value of ``CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE`` is not specified explicitly by the user or a toolchain file, CMake queries the Visual Studio Installer to locate VS instances, chooses one, and sets the variable as a cache entry |