hi, thnx for helping.<div><br></div><div>interesting to see you use the 251 cmake unaltered for 256 and it works. I guess the path building problem is a mingw thing indeed. why would it create another
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">CMakeFiles</span> in CMakeTmp? Where can I find the script that prescribes this?</div><div><br></div><div>I just added a screenie of explorer and the cmake error log.</div><div><br></div>
<div>le me know if this brings to you some fresh idea's<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Bram Kouwenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com">kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">here s the same message with the screenie as a png<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bram Kouwenberg</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com" target="_blank">kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:43 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CMake] compiling problem cmake<br>To: Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <<a href="mailto:jchris.fillionr@kitware.com" target="_blank">jchris.fillionr@kitware.com</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:cmake@cmake.org" target="_blank">cmake@cmake.org</a><br>
<br><br><div>the python source i got from <a href="http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.6/" target="_blank">http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.6/</a></div><div><br></div><div>the directions I followed were mainly from <a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/BuildingPythonWithCMake#Building_Python_for_Linux_or_Windows" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/BuildingPythonWithCMake#Building_Python_for_Linux_or_Windows</a> were I took the 251 snapshot and changed the patch number to 6. Then during configuring I had to manually indicate some modules and env variables, up until this error appeared. let me know if you need know more</div>
</div><div><div><br><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jchris.fillionr@kitware.com" target="_blank">jchris.fillionr@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Bram, <br><br>In order to reproduce and understand the problem, would also be great to point us to a repository or place to download the sources.<br>
<br>Additionally, could you also mention which version of CMake and which generator you were using ?<br>
<br>Hth<br>Jc<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Bram Kouwenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com" target="_blank">kouwenberg.bram@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<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's a proble creating a folder '<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">/cmTryCompileExec/fast' in CmakeTmp. I don'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'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 "C:/MinGW32/bin/gcc.exe" 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>
<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"> Change Dir: C:/python256/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp</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"> </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"> 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"> "cmTryCompileExec/fast"</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"> 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"> "C:/python256/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/cmTryCompileExec/fast" does not exist.</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"> Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.</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"> </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"> </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"> 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>
<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;color:rgb(255,0,0)"></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px">Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!</p>
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