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0013767

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2012-11-30 20:29

2016-06-10 14:31

Reporter

Pau Garcia i Quiles

Assigned To

Kitware Robot

Priority

normal

Severity

major

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

moved

Platform

Unix Makefiles

Windows

OS Version

All

Product Version

CMake 2.8.10.1

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0013767: Unix Makefiles + MSVC = cannot link

Description

A heated discussion on adopting CMake or not arised a few weeks ago in the mingw-w64 project:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.w64.general/6338 [^]

Most of the issues pointed there are not real issues but lack of knowledge and/or the usual complaints ("I need CMake in order to compile a project that uses CMake").

Today Jonathan Yong did show one real issue: trying to use Unix Makefiles with MSVC.

Steps To Reproduce

This is what I have noticed:

* From the CMake GUI, even if you say "I will specify compilers" and select cl.exe for both C and C++, CMake will not find the resource compiler (rc.exe, apparently CMake is not looking in the Windows SDK folder), the linker (link.exe, apparently it's not looking for it where cl.exe is) and make.exe (CMake should look for Cygwin's and MinGW's, although it's going to be mostly a wild-guess)

* Even if specifying everything from the command line, linkage will not work because the library search directories have not been specified in either CMAKE_C_FLAGS, CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS or CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS. What's missing is something like "/link /LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib /LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib" (remove the "/link" for CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS).

Yes, I know, Unix Makefiles on Windows with MSVC!? :-)

Additional Information

Sample huge command line that fails:

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v7.1A/Bin/RC.Exe" -DCMAKE_LINKER="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/link.exe" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:/mingw32/bin/mingw32-make.exe" ../xdelta3

See attache file error.txt for the full output

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error.txt [^] (3,156 bytes) 2012-11-30 20:29 [Show Content] [Hide Content]

-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 16.0.40219.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 16.0.40219.1
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:61 (message):
  The C compiler "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
  10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

   Change Dir: C:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

  

  Run Build Command:C:/mingw32/bin/mingw32-make.exe
  "cmTryCompileExec474724929/fast"

  C:/mingw32/bin/mingw32-make.exe -f
  CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/build.make
  CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/build


  mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory
  'C:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'


  "C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/bin/cmake.exe" -E cmake_progress_report
  C:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1


  "Building C object
  CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj"


  "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" /nologo
  /DWIN32 /D_WINDOWS /W3 /Zm1000 /D_DEBUG /MDd /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1
  /FoCMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj
  /FdC:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/cmTryCompileExec474724929.pdb
  -c C:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c


  testCCompiler.c


  "Linking C executable cmTryCompileExec474724929.exe"


  "C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/bin/cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe "C:/Program
  Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" /nologo /DWIN32
  /D_WINDOWS /W3 /Zm1000 /D_DEBUG /MDd /Zi /Ob0 /Od /RTC1
  /FecmTryCompileExec474724929.exe
  /FdC:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/cmTryCompileExec474724929.pdb
  @CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/objects1.rsp /link
  /implib:cmTryCompileExec474724929.lib /version:0.0 /STACK:10000000
  /machine:X86 /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console kernel32.lib user32.lib
  gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib
  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib 


  The parameter is incorrectLINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
  'kernel32.lib'



  LINK Pass 1 failed.  with 2


  CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec474724929.dir/build.make:91: recipe for target
  'cmTryCompileExec474724929.exe' failed


  mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [cmTryCompileExec474724929.exe] Error -1


  mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory
  'C:/arisnova/soco/xdelta/qxdelta/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'


  makefile:117: recipe for target 'cmTryCompileExec474724929/fast' failed


  mingw32-make.exe: *** [cmTryCompileExec474724929/fast] Error 2


  

  

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:1 (project)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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Notes
(0042165) Kitware Robot (administrator) 2016-06-10 14:28	Resolving issue as `moved`. This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-11-30 20:29	Pau Garcia i Quiles	New Issue
2012-11-30 20:29	Pau Garcia i Quiles	File Added: error.txt
2016-06-10 14:28	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042165
2016-06-10 14:28	Kitware Robot	Status	new => resolved
2016-06-10 14:28	Kitware Robot	Resolution	open => moved
2016-06-10 14:28	Kitware Robot	Assigned To	=> Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31	Kitware Robot	Status	resolved => closed