CMake/Help/variable/CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR.rst

CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR
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On Apple Silicon hosts running macOS, set this variable to tell
CMake what architecture to use for :variable:`CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR`.
The value must be either ``arm64`` or ``x86_64``.

The value of this variable should never be modified by project code.
It is meant to be set by a toolchain file specified by the
:variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` variable, or as a cache entry
provided by the user, e.g. via ``-DCMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR=...``.

See also the :envvar:`CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR` environment variable.