[cmake-developers] [CMake 0013945]: unhelpful error (and build failure) when project name has space in it

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=13945 
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Reported By:                Lee McCuller
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   13945
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-02-22 13:49 EST
Last Modified:              2013-02-22 13:49 EST
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Summary:                    unhelpful error (and build failure) when project
name has space in it
Description: 
when the project() command is given with a project name with a space in it, the
error report complains of" 

CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be
built correctly.

and refuses to build, not indicating that the project name is invalid.


Steps to Reproduce: 
Run cmake on a directory with this CMakeLists.txt:

"
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(proj separated)
"

and the output should be similar to:

CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be
built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_separated_COMPILER_ENV_VAR
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be
built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_separated_COMPILER
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module
file:/home/mcculler/today/cmake/build/CMakeFiles/2.8.10.2/CMakeseparatedCompiler.cmake
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module file:CMakeseparatedInformation.cmake
CMake Error: CMAKE_separated_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-02-22 13:49 Lee McCuller   New Issue                                    
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