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| author | Robert Schumacher <roschuma@microsoft.com> | 2018-06-18 11:21:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Robert Schumacher <roschuma@microsoft.com> | 2018-06-18 11:21:03 -0700 |
| commit | baf6d78a4518b188c7440c26f3aca5685621c8c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a4a3a782736657b3121bd944091889d85f9a5f6 /docs/users | |
| parent | bfbc52abbf29562e5f92dc1f1731fd7b1d872216 (diff) | |
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[docs] Add VCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE to the Triplets documentation.
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diff --git a/docs/users/triplets.md b/docs/users/triplets.md index 911ab5469..7aea35dd2 100644 --- a/docs/users/triplets.md +++ b/docs/users/triplets.md @@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ Valid options are `WindowsStore` or empty. Empty corresponds to Windows Desktop When setting this variable to `WindowsStore`, you must also set `VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` to `10.0`. ### VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET -Specifies the C/C++ compiler toolchain to use. +Specifies the VS-based C/C++ compiler toolchain to use. This can be set to `v141`, `v140`, or left blank. If left blank, we select the latest compiler toolset available on your machine. Visual Studio 2015 platform toolset is `v140` Visual Studio 2017 platform toolset is `v141` +### VCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE +Specifies an alternate CMake Toolchain file to use. + +This (if set) will override all other compiler detection logic. By default, a toolchain file is selected from `scripts/toolchains/` appropriate to the platform. + +See also the CMake documentation for toolchain files: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.11/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.html. + ## Per-port customization The CMake Macro `PORT` will be set when interpreting the triplet file and can be used to change settings (such as `VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE`) on a per-port basis. |