[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011830]: cmake --build and ctest_build() assume "Debug" is the default config for multi-config generators

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=11830 
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Reported By:                Derek Bruening
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11830
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-02-09 14:06 EST
Last Modified:              2011-02-09 14:06 EST
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Summary:                    cmake --build and ctest_build() assume "Debug" is
the default config for multi-config generators
Description: 
If I change CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:

     set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Release" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)

prior to project() so that the only config choice is "Release", and
then I try to build via "cmake --build ." or ctest_build(),
cmake tries to build the Debug config and ends up failing w/ an up-front
invalid command line error message from devenv.

The workaround requires knowing the available config types, i.e., there's
no way to build the default:

  % cmake --build . --config Release 

Or I can construct the build command myself:

  devenv DynamoRIO.sln /build Release /project ALL_BUILD

This also seems to work (at least w/ VS2008), so this could be one way to
fix this:

  devenv DynamoRIO.sln /build "" /project ALL_BUILD

For me to use these I have to find where devenv is, find the name of the
sln file, and know the magic name "ALL_BUILD".

Regardless of the workaround it's extra work.  It would be nice for the default
build to build the default config.


Steps to Reproduce: 
See description: set CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES to not have Debug
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Issue History 
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2011-02-09 14:06 Derek Bruening New Issue                                    
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