CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMΒΆ
Tool that can launch the native build system.
The value may be the full path to an executable or just the tool
name if it is expected to be in the PATH.
The tool selected depends on the CMAKE_GENERATOR used
to configure the project:
The Makefile Generators set this to
make,gmake, or a generator-specific tool (e.g.nmakeforNMake Makefiles).These generators store
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMin the CMake cache so that it may be edited by the user.The
Ninjagenerator sets this toninja.This generator stores
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMin the CMake cache so that it may be edited by the user.The
Xcodegenerator sets this toxcodebuild.This generator prefers to lookup the build tool at build time rather than to store
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMin the CMake cache ahead of time. This is becausexcodebuildis easy to find.For compatibility with versions of CMake prior to 3.2, if a user or project explicitly adds
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMto the CMake cache then CMake will use the specified value.The Visual Studio Generators set this to the full path to
MSBuild.exe(VS >= 10),devenv.com(VS 7,8,9), orVCExpress.exe(VS Express 8,9). (See also variablesCMAKE_VS_MSBUILD_COMMANDandCMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND.These generators prefer to lookup the build tool at build time rather than to store
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMin the CMake cache ahead of time. This is because the tools are version-specific and can be located using the Windows Registry. It is also necessary because the proper build tool may depend on the project content (e.g. the Intel Fortran plugin to VS 10 and 11 requiresdevenv.comto build its.vfprojproject files even thoughMSBuild.exeis normally preferred to support theCMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET).For compatibility with versions of CMake prior to 3.0, if a user or project explicitly adds
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAMto the CMake cache then CMake will use the specified value if possible.The
Green Hills MULTIgenerator sets this to the full path togbuild.exe(Windows)orgbuild(Linux)based upon the toolset being used.Once the generator has initialized a particular value for this variable, changing the value has undefined behavior.
The CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM variable is set for use by project code.
The value is also used by the cmake(1) --build and
ctest(1) --build-and-test tools to launch the native
build process.