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0002495

CMake

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2005-11-15 15:10

2007-02-20 17:01

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David Cole

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minor

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fixed

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0002495: cmd line 'cmake -G "Bogus Generator" ..' gives unuseful output

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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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(0003243) David Cole (manager) 2005-11-15 15:11	related to 2494

(0004344) sshock (reporter) 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 (reporter) 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 (manager) 2006-10-04 19:18	Bug 0003844 references this bug. It is a central command line parsing request.

(0006495) Bill Hoffman (manager) 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.

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