CMakeDetermineVSServicePack

Changed in version 4.1: This module is available only if policy CMP0196 is not set to NEW.

Deprecated since version 3.0: This module should no longer be used. The functionality of this module has been superseded by the CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION variable that contains the compiler version number.

This module provides a command to determine the installed Visual Studio service pack version for Visual Studio 2012 and earlier.

Load this module in a CMake project with:

include(CMakeDetermineVSServicePack)

Commands

This module provides the following command:

DetermineVSServicePack

Determines the Visual Studio service pack version of the cl compiler in use:

DetermineVSServicePack(<variable>)

The result is stored in the specified internal cache variable <variable>, which is set to one of the following values, or to an empty string if the service pack cannot be determined:

vc80, vc80sp1
vc90, vc90sp1
vc100, vc100sp1
vc110, vc110sp1, vc110sp2, vc110sp3, vc110sp4

Examples

Determining the Visual Studio service pack version in a project:

if(MSVC)
  include(CMakeDetermineVSServicePack)
  DetermineVSServicePack(my_service_pack)
  if(my_service_pack)
    message(STATUS "Detected: ${my_service_pack}")
  endif()
endif()

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