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[cmake] Add option to force enabling VirtualBox #4478

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[cmake] Remove repeated variable setting
ricab Oct 24, 2025
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[cmake] Add option to force enabling VirtualBox
ricab Oct 24, 2025
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ endif()

cmake_host_system_information(RESULT HOST_OS_NAME QUERY OS_NAME)

include(CMakeDependentOption)
cmake_dependent_option(FORCE_ENABLE_VIRTUALBOX "Enable VirtualBox" ON UNIX OFF)

if("${HOST_OS_NAME}" STREQUAL "macOS")
# needs to be set before "project"
set(VCPKG_HOST_OS "osx")
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ if(UNIX)
set(HOST_ARCH "aarch64")
endif ()

if (APPLE AND ${HOST_ARCH} MATCHES "x86_64")
if (FORCE_ENABLE_VIRTUALBOX OR (APPLE AND ${HOST_ARCH} MATCHES "x86_64"))
list(APPEND MULTIPASS_BACKENDS virtualbox)
endif()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -342,8 +345,6 @@ else()
endif()

add_definitions(-DMULTIPASS_PLATFORM_LINUX)
set(MULTIPASS_BACKENDS qemu)

set(MULTIPASS_PLATFORM linux)
set(LINUX TRUE)
endif()
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