[CMake] A way to set default compiler, etc.?

Rolf Eike Beer eike at sf-mail.de
Thu Sep 20 10:16:53 EDT 2012


Am 2012-09-20 15:10, schrieb Dave Abrahams:
> When I invoke cmake for the first time in a project, I normally use
>
>      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
>
> I'm tired of typing that every time I blow away my CMakeCache.txt.  
> Is
> there a place I can register these preferences so I don't have to?

Don't fiddle with that variables. Ever. CMake will set them during 
toolchain discovery and messing around with them may cause every type of 
havoc if you are unlucky.

export CC=clang
export CXX=clang++

Eike


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