VMake has some predefined configurations which are ready for immediate use without any further user interaction. These default configurations are listed in Table 5.1 for all supported platforms.
Tabelle 5.1: Configurations supported by VMake
The configuration required to build on a specific computer is automatically selected correctly by the shell script which is used to activate VMake. User defined configurations can be accessed through the command line option configuration. Creating a new configuration is described in Appendix E. VMake reads this information during startup before getting the project data.
The command line option configuration as an override in combination with a host/queue definition file (see Section 8.5), allows control of compilations on different platforms then the one executing VMake. All built-in CASE utilities run locally on the machine executing VMake whereas all other jobs are executed on the remote host or through the batch queue. Care must be taken on installation because the installation directory must be accessible with the same path name from both computers. This facility is very useful if VMake does not exist on the target system.