[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012410]: CMake randomly fails to detect Visual Studio 2010 C/CXX compiler since CMake 2.8.5. rc3

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12410 
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Reported By:                Roland
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12410
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            random
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-08-18 04:27 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-08-18 04:27 EDT
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Summary:                    CMake randomly fails to detect Visual Studio 2010
C/CXX compiler since CMake 2.8.5. rc3
Description: 
When building a tutorial C++ example (attached) on my computer using CMake 2.8.5
and Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition, I experience one of the following
behaviours: 

1. Everything works as expected, i.e. CMake's output is 

D:\temp\CMakeTutorial\build-win32-vc10>cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. 
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: D:/temp/CMakeTutorial/build-win32-vc10

2. CMake fails to detect the C compiler, i.e. its output is

D:\temp\CMakeTutorial\build-win32-vc10>cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. 
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- broken
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

3. CMake detects the C compiler, but fails to detect the CXX compiler, i.e.

D:\temp\CMakeTutorial\build-win32-vc10>cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. 
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- broken
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

4. CMake both detects the C and CXX compiler, but fails to detect ABI infos:

D:\temp\CMakeTutorial\build-win32-vc10>cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. 
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10
-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - failed
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: D:/temp/CMakeTutorial/build-win32-vc10


In cases 2 and 3 (i.e. if either C or CXX compiler was not detected), a plethora
of of Visual Studio 2010 output is dumped to stderr, starting with

-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake
2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:45 (MESSAGE):
  The C++ compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

   Change Dir: D:/temp/CMakeTutorial/build-win32-vc10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp



  Run Build Command:C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\Common7\IDE\VCExpress.exe
  CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE.sln /build Debug /project cmTryCompileExec



  Microsoft (R) Visual C++ 2010 Express Version 10.0.30319.1.

  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp.  All rights reserved.

  1>------ Build started: Project: cmTryCompileExec, Configuration: Debug
  Win32 ------

  1>Build started Do 18.Aug.11 09:18:28.


Additional Information: 
Using the attached script, I tested this behaviour both with CMake 2.8.5 rc2 and
rc3. Whereas rc2 always works as expected, rc3 shows one of the aforementioned
behaviours in a random pattern.

So, obviously, this behaviour was introduced between CMake 2.8.5 rc2 and rc3;
perhaps, due to the modifications mentioned in
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.user/37124/focus=37138
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-07-29 15:01 Utkarsh AyachitChangeset attached        => VTK master 0e19dd3d
2011-07-29 15:01 Utkarsh AyachitChangeset attached        => VTK master bb9fd605
2011-07-29 15:01 Utkarsh AyachitChangeset attached        => VTK master 8ebe8f0c
2011-08-18 04:27 Roland         New Issue                                    
2011-08-18 04:27 Roland         File Added: CMakeTutorial.zip                   

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