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authorJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2020-10-06 15:23:05 +0200
committerJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2020-10-07 13:26:01 +0200
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CMake: Introduce QT_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
This variable can be set when using qt-cmake[-private] to override the CMake toolchain file that is chainloaded by Qt's toolchain file. Task-number: QTBUG-87068 Change-Id: Id529408381e4174becda1ba07a489535c8cf1314 Reviewed-by: Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croitor@qt.io>
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@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ A Qt installation's bin directory contains a number of convenience scripts.
This is a wrapper around the CMake executable which passes a Qt-internal `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`. Use
this to build projects against the installed Qt.
+To use a custom toolchain file, use `-DQT_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<file path>`.
+
## qt-cmake-private
The same as `qt-cmake`, but in addition, sets the CMake generator to Ninja.