[CMake] CMake and VC-80 configurations

[Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva]

On 7/5/06, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:
> Alex Makarenko wrote:
> > 2) Is it possible to force VC-80 to switch configurations from cmake/ctest?
> > My understanding that CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is irrelevant in this case, right? So
> > I try to use -C option with ctest, with no apparent result (notice "/build
> > Release" in both cases). Is there something else that needs to be done?
>
> CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is for the Makefile generators, so it is irrelevant
> here.  The -C option was originally meant for running tests but not
> building.  I see no reason that it should not work for driving build
> too.  Please submit a feature request:
>
> http://www.cmake.org/Bug

FYI, I had already reported this as Bug #2336.

I'm not sure what is the correct thing to do, but I guess it is better
to add a comment and maybe a vote, than to have duplicate bugs.

Hope this helps.

--Miguel