It's just something you can't change without wiping the build tree entirely. It should probably actually produce an error or warning of some sort to avoid confusion such as this...
D On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Paul Smith <p...@mad-scientist.net> wrote: > We have a situation where people are sometimes wanting to switch between > different generators: from Xcode to Unix Makefiles, or from Visual > Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2012, etc. > > If they have an already-configured workspace then run "cmake -G" with a > different generator, it appears to be a no-op: no error is generated but > no changes are made and the previous generator is still used. > > This doesn't seem right to me... shouldn't giving a new generator type > on the command line change the output for the new generator? I'm using > CMake 3.1.0... maybe this has changed since? > > Cheers! > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
