[CMake] Changing the the current generator in CMake GUI

[Bill Hoffman]

You can use clear cache.
On Jul 12, 2014 5:05 AM, "Edward Diener" <eldlistmailingz at tropicsoft.com>
wrote:

> On 7/11/2014 11:01 AM, Bill Hoffman wrote:
>
>> On 7/11/2014 10:33 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
>>
>>> Shouldn't there be a way to change the current generator in the CMake
>>> GUI ? It seems like I can only do this if I choose a new "Where to build
>>> the binaries" path. But what if I just want to change the current
>>> generator to something else using the current outpath path ?
>>>
>> No, once the generator is set and you have run cmake once, you need to
>> create a new build tree or wipe out the one you created the first time.
>>   CMake stores a bunch of information about the compiler in the cache
>> and other files in the build tree.  It does not know how to change all
>> that without a clean tree.
>>
>
> It does not seem like cleaning the build tree from within the CMake GUI
> should be a hard programming task, if the end-user wishes to change the
> current generator. Nonetheless thanks for the information.
>
>
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