On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Brad King <brad.k...@kitware.com> wrote:

> On 05/17/2015 12:35 AM, Taylor Braun-Jones wrote:
> > CMake already has an ENVIRONMENT property for tests ...
> > symmetric feature would be to support an ENVIRONMENT property
> > for targets as well.
>
> We can provide it for tests because ctest directly runs the tests.
> There is no way to implement environment settings consistently
> across all generators when launching compiler tools.  The VS
> and Xcode IDE project files provide no way to do it in general.
> Our workflow for command-line builds has always been to have the
> necessary environment variables defined by the caller and not
> within the scope of CMake.
>

Okay, I had a hunch this might be the case. Thanks for clarifying.

Taylor
-- 

Powered by www.kitware.com

Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: 
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ

Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more 
information on each offering, please visit:

CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html
CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html
CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html

Visit other Kitware open-source projects at 
http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html

Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake

Reply via email to