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CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst
CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
-----------------------
Native build system toolset specification provided by user.
Some CMake generators support a toolset specification to tell the
native build system how to choose a compiler. If the user specifies
a toolset (e.g. via the :option:`cmake -T` option or via
the :envvar:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` environment variable) the value
will be available in this variable.
The value of this variable should never be modified by project code.
A toolchain file specified by the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`
variable may initialize ``CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET``. Once a given
build tree has been initialized with a particular value for this
variable, changing the value has undefined behavior.
Toolset specification is supported only on specific generators:
* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2010 and above
* The :generator:`Xcode` generator for Xcode 3.0 and above
* The :generator:`Green Hills MULTI` generator
See native build system documentation for allowed toolset names.
Visual Studio Toolset Selection
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` support toolset specification
using one of these forms:
* ``toolset``
* ``toolset[,key=value]*``
* ``key=value[,key=value]*``
The ``toolset`` specifies the toolset name. The selected toolset name
is provided in the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET` variable.
The ``key=value`` pairs form a comma-separated list of options to
specify generator-specific details of the toolset selection.
Supported pairs are:
``cuda=<version>|<path>``
Specify the CUDA toolkit version to use or the path to a
standalone CUDA toolkit directory. Supported by VS 2010
and above. The version can only be used with the CUDA
toolkit VS integration globally installed.
See the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_CUDA` and
:variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_CUDA_CUSTOM_DIR` variables.
``host=<arch>``
Specify the host tools architecture as ``x64`` or ``x86``.
Supported by VS 2013 and above.
See the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE`
variable.
``version=<version>``
Specify the toolset version to use. Supported by VS 2017
and above with the specified toolset installed.
See the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_VERSION` variable.
``VCTargetsPath=<path>``
Specify an alternative ``VCTargetsPath`` value for Visual Studio
project files. This allows use of VS platform extension configuration
files (``.props`` and ``.targets``) that are not installed with VS.
Visual Studio Toolset Customization
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
**These are unstable interfaces with no compatibility guarantees**
because they hook into undocumented internal CMake implementation details.
Institutions may use these to internally maintain support for non-public
Visual Studio platforms and toolsets, but must accept responsibility to
make updates as changes are made to CMake.
Additional ``key=value`` pairs are available:
``customFlagTableDir=<path>``
.. versionadded:: 3.21
Specify the absolute path to a directory from which to load custom
flag tables stored as JSON documents with file names of the form
``<platform>_<toolset>_<tool>.json`` or ``<platform>_<tool>.json``,
where ``<platform>`` is the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME`,
``<toolset>`` is the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET`,
and ``<tool>`` is the tool for which the flag table is meant.
**This naming pattern is an internal CMake implementation detail.**
The ``<tool>`` names are undocumented. The format of the ``.json``
flag table files is undocumented.