[CMake] Different compiler in sub directory

[Yuri Timenkov]

It's better to use ExternalProject.cmake to configure part of your solution
with different compiler.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Nicholas Yue <yue.nicholas at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>     I have a need to build different parts of a project using different
> version of g++
>
>     If I set the top level CMakeLists.txt compiler
>
>         via -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/**local/bin/g++
>
>     and subsequently use another compiler
>
>         SET ( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++" )
>
>     will the compiler being set only scoped within that directory (when I
> use ADD_SUBDIRECTORY) or would that become global for other projects
> later...
>
> Regards
>
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