[CMake] CMAKE_COMPILER variable

[Adam]

I think the "CMAKE_COMPILER" variable you're referring to is just a custom
variable passed to your external project, which it uses to build the
standard variables "CMAKE_C_COMPILER" & "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER".  This is why
your not finding anything.

Have a look at these pages
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#Setting_up_the_system_and_toolchain
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables



On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Michael Enright <michael.enright at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've got an External_Project_Add in my superbuild that adds a CMake-built
> library to the build. It attempts to use the CMAKE_COMPILER variable in
> order to define CMAKE_C_COMPILER for this library's build.
>
> This external project's build is flakey. I intend to diagnose this myself
> so I don't plan to supply a reduction or anything like that, I'm just
> trying to gather information.
>
> To that end, I need an authoritative definition of CMAKE_COMPILER, i.e. I
> have been searching for a web page where CMAKE_COMPILER is described. Apart
> from googling I have also just manually reviewed
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html
> and
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.12/cmake.html
>
>
> Neither of those contain the string "CMAKE_COMPILER" except as substrings
> of other names such as CMAKE_COMPILER_2005.
>
> Can anyone provide a link or say anything about this variable?
>
>
>
>
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