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# Host Dependencies
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Tools used at build time by other ports to generate code or implement a custom build system can be packaged inside vcpkg.
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## Consuming
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When consuming a port as a tool, you must set the dependency's `"host"` field to true. For example:
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```json
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{
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"name": "contoso-http-library",
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"version-string": "1.0.0",
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"description": "Contoso's http runtime library",
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"dependencies": [
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"contoso-core-library",
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{
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"name": "contoso-code-generator",
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"host": true
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},
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{
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"name": "contoso-build-system",
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"host": true
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}
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]
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}
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```
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In this case, the `contoso-code-generator` and `contoso-build-system` (including any transitive dependencies) will be built and installed for the host triplet before `contoso-http-library` is built.
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>Note: Consumers must use `vcpkg.json` instead of `CONTROL` as their metadata format. You can easily convert an existing `CONTROL` file using `vcpkg format-manifest /path/to/CONTROL`.
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Then, within the portfile of the consumer (`contoso-http-library` in the example), the CMake variable `CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR` will be defined to `installed/<host-triplet>` and should be used to locate any required assets. In the example, `contoso-code-generator` might have installed `tools/contoso-code-generator/ccg.exe` which the consumer would add to its local path via
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```cmake
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# ports/contoso-http-library/portfile.cmake
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vcpkg_add_to_path(${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/contoso-code-generator)
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```
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## Specifying the Host Triplet
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The default host triplets are chosen based on the host architecture and operating system, for example `x64-windows`, `x64-linux`, or `x64-osx`. They can be overridden via:
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1. In CMake-based manifest mode, calling `set(VCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET "<triplet>" CACHE STRING "")` before the first `project()` directive
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2. In MSBuild-based manifest mode, setting the `VcpkgHostTriplet` property
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3. On the command line, via the flag `--host-triplet=...`
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4. The `VCPKG_DEFAULT_HOST_TRIPLET` environment variable
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## Producing
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Producing a tool has no special requirements; tools should be authored as a standard port, following all the normal policies and practices. Notably, they should build against `TARGET_TRIPLET`, not `HOST_TRIPLET` within the context of their portfile.
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If the current context is cross-compiling (`TARGET_TRIPLET` is not `HOST_TRIPLET`), then `VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING` will be set to a truthy value.
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```cmake
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if(VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING)
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# This is a native build
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else()
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# This is a cross build
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endif()
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```
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## Host-only ports
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Some ports should only be depended upon via a host dependency; script ports and
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tool ports are common examples. In this case, you can use the `"native"`
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supports expression to describe this. This supports expression is true when
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`VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING` is false (implying that `TARGET_TRIPLET ==
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HOST_TRIPLET`).
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