The VS generator does not use that variable, and I don't know the exact answer to how this is computed everywhere...<div><br></div><div>But I strongly suspect that VS simply uses "link.exe" and uses the first one found within whatever environment is set up in Visual Studio.</div>
<div><br></div><div>To see the environment that is available at build time, you could add a custom target like this:</div><div><br></div><div> add_custom_target(EchoEnv ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E environment)</div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>David</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:45 PM, James Bigler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamesbigler@gmail.com" target="_blank">jamesbigler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is it possible to change what executable is used for linking in VS targets?<br><br>I see CMAKE_LINKER, but the variable says "CMAKE_LINKER-NOTFOUND", which leads me to believe that the VS generator doesn't use this variable.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>James<br>
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