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0002495CMakeCMakepublic2005-11-15 15:102007-02-20 17:01
David Cole 
System Admin 
lowminoralways
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0002495: cmd line 'cmake -G "Bogus Generator" ..' gives unuseful output
from the command line:
cmake -G "Bogus Generator" ..
gives you the following output instead of prompting you with the valid possible generator values...

    CMake Error: Could not create named generator Bogus Generator
    CMake Error: cmake version 2.2-patch 2
    Usage: cmake -E [command] [arguments ...]
    Available commands:
      chdir dir cmd [args]... - run command in a given directory
      copy file destination - copy file to destination (either file or directory)
      copy_if_different in-file out-file - copy file if input has changed
      copy_directory source destination - copy directory 'source' content to directory 'destination'
      echo [string]... - displays arguments as text
      remove file1 file2 ... - remove the file(s)
      time command [args] ... - run command and return elapsed time
      write_regv key value - write registry value
      delete_regv key - delete registry value
      comspec - on windows 9x use this for RunCommand

Shouldn't it give you the list of valid generators in this situation just like --help does?
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Issue History

Notes
(0003243)
David Cole   
2005-11-15 15:11   
related to 2494
(0004344)
sshock   
2006-06-26 11:23   
Please fix. This cost me an hour of trying to figure out what the heck I was doing wrong.
(0004348)
sshock   
2006-06-26 11:53   
At the very least, you could update the man page to say

"Possible generator names are specified in the Generators section ___shown when you run cmake --help___".

At least that way you would know where the "Generators section" can be found. Thanks.
(0005207)
Brad King   
2006-10-04 19:18   
Bug 0003844 references this bug. It is a central command line parsing request.
(0006495)
Bill Hoffman   
2007-02-20 17:01   
 ../../../CMake-vs-gmake/bin/cmake . -G asdfsdf
CMake Error: Could not create named generator asdfsdf

Seems to be fixed now.