<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Hi, i want to compile an old python version from source with cmake on win 7 but during this process things go wrong with compiling a test already; below is the error text: there&#39;s a proble creating a folder &#39;<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">/cmTryCompileExec/fast&#39; in CmakeTmp. I don&#39;t now why. the only strange thing is in explorer I see the following tree:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000">C:\python256\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\cmTryCompileExec.dir</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000">it seems the config process creates another Cmakefiles folder. I have no clue why since I&#39;m not familiar with configuring/compiling, but it might explain why this TryCompilefast folder cannot be created.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000">Anybody see what the problem is here?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#ff0000">tnx</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">
The C compiler identification is GNU</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">The CXX compiler identification is GNU</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Found Eclipse version 4.1 ()</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW32/bin/gcc.exe</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW32/bin/gcc.exe -- broken</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):</span></p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  The C compiler &quot;C:/MinGW32/bin/gcc.exe&quot; is not able to compile a simple</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  test program.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;color:rgb(255,0,0)"></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  It fails with the following output:</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">   Change Dir: C:/python256/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  Run Build Command:C:/PROGRA~1/CMAKE2~1.8/bin/cmake.exe</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  &quot;cmTryCompileExec/fast&quot;</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  CMake Error: The source directory</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  &quot;C:/python256/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/cmTryCompileExec/fast&quot; does not exist.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">Call Stack (most recent call first):</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><span style="color:#ff0000">  CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!</p>