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0005811CMakeCMakepublic2007-10-01 11:262016-06-10 14:30
ReporterTal Blum 
Assigned ToBill Hoffman 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
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Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005811: Creating new configurations for MSVC
DescriptionAlthough the documentations explains how to define a new configuration (called Maintener), in MSVC this doesn't work as one can't extend CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES. I would like to request a feature so that new configurations would be allowed to be defined for MSVC.

Thanks, Tal
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2007-10-01 11:26Tal BlumNew Issue
2007-10-12 09:45Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2007-10-12 09:45Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2007-10-12 13:23Tal BlumNote Added: 0009449
2012-12-20 08:22ParisNote Added: 0031930
2013-01-10 17:08Jonathan M DavisNote Added: 0032095
2013-09-02 08:56nomorganNote Added: 0033771
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041387
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0009449)
Tal Blum   
2007-10-12 13:23   
Some people on the mailing list suggested how to fix the code so that it would be possible to add a new configuration. There is however more than that to configurations in MSVC. In my group each project has it's own configurations and there is also a mapping between global configurations and model configurations. For example in my project when choose a global English_Release configuration, some libraries my be compiled under a Release configuration. I am not sure you want to implement this, but I thought I should mention that.
(0031930)
Paris   
2012-12-20 08:22   
We deeply need that feature as well.

I have tried something from the FAQ: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ#How_can_I_specify_my_own_configurations_.28for_generators_that_allow_it.29_.3F [^]

This does not work.
When trying to change the CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES to only Debug;Release, the cache is not properly updated and keep the old values: Debug;Release;MinSizeRel;RelWithDebInfo

System: Win 7 Pro
IDE: VS9
(0032095)
Jonathan M Davis   
2013-01-10 17:08   
Is there a technical reason why this hasn't been implemented yet, or is it just that no one has gotten around to working on it?
(0033771)
nomorgan   
2013-09-02 08:56   
A workaround here : http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2012-January/048856.html [^]
(0041387)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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