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0008727CMakeCMakepublic2009-03-12 00:262016-06-10 14:30
ReporterDerek Bruening 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0008727: quoted commands in nmake makefiles mess up command parameters
DescriptionThere is a bug in nmake that appears if these conditions are met:

1) A command is enclosed in quotes
2) The first parameter to that command contains a /

nmake adds a space prior to the first / in the first parameter, if the command is in quotes. This messes up custom commands invoking ${CMAKE_COMMAND} with -D arguments with no space after the D, and perl commands, etc. where the 1st parameter is a path.

When cmake is first invoked with an 8.3 path, it uses that path initially for CMAKE_COMMAND, but on any later re-build of the generated makefiles, it switches to the full installed name, which typically has a space in it and thus becomes quoted.

I suggest that cmake use 8.3 paths in nmake commands, instead of quoting commands with spaces. If 8.3 names are disabled on the local NTFS, an alternative is to use cmd /c "command with spaces".

To see the nmake bug in action try the Makefile below.

# Test case for issue 0000084
# This is a bug in nmake.exe where nmake adds space before 1st / in
# 1st arg to a command, if that command is invoked with quotes.
# Observe:
# % nmake /nologo noquotes
# back\forward/slash second/arg
# % nmake /nologo quotes
# back\forward /slash second/arg
# % nmake /nologo quotescmd
# back\forward/slash second/arg
# This behavior is present in all versions I've tested:
# 8.00.50727.762
# 7.10.3077
# 6.00.8168.0
.PHONY : noquotes quotes quotescmd
noquotes:
    @e:/cygwin/bin/echo back\forward/slash second/arg
quotes:
    @"e:/cygwin/bin/echo" back\forward/slash second/arg
quotescmd:
    @cmd /c "e:/cygwin/bin/echo" back\forward/slash second/arg
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2009-03-12 00:26Derek BrueningNew Issue
2009-03-15 22:21Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2009-03-15 22:21Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Brad King
2012-08-13 10:37Brad KingStatusassigned => backlog
2012-08-13 10:37Brad KingNote Added: 0030539
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041515
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0030539)
Brad King   
2012-08-13 10:37   
Sending issues I'm not actively working on to the backlog to await someone with time for them.

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(0041515)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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