[CMake] How to get current visualstudio version?

[Xi Shen]

Yes, the official FindBoost works better xD


On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:40 PM Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25.12.2015 10:36, Xi Shen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know I can check MSVC to determine if the Visual Studio generator is
> > used. But how do I find out which version is been used?
>
> MSVC indicates that the Visual C++ compiler (or something compatible) is
> being used; which does not necessarily mean a Visual Studio generator.
> If you do need to make that distinction you can check MSVC_IDE [1] instead.
>
> >
> > The reason I want to find the the version of VS being used, is because
> > I need to link to the Boost libraries. Boost create its libraries with
> > suffixes like "-vs120-mt", etc. and "vs120" indicates Visual Studio 2013.
>
> Why aren't you using the Boost find module[2] included with CMake? It
> already accounts for Boost's library name mangling.
>
> The module uses e.g. the MSVC12 [3] variable to detect "vc120".
> But I am guessing CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION [4] might work for this
> use case nowadays as well.
>
> Nils
>
> [1] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/MSVC_IDE.html
> [2] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/module/FindBoost.html
> [3] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/MSVC12.html
> [4]
> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_VERSION.html
>
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Regards,
David
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