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diff --git a/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt b/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5d13e7741 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +For each toolset that comes with this version of Visual Studio, there are +variants that are themselves compiled for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) hosts +(independent of the architecture they target). By default Visual Studio +chooses the 32-bit variant even on a 64-bit host. One may request use of the +64-bit host tools by adding a ``host=x64`` option to the toolset specification. +See the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` variable for details. |