[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014694]: Percent symbol (%) in path creates bad autogenerated paths

[J Decker]

work around; use "" which is the xml code for % to escape it; It
needs to be encoded on the output to the visual studio XML
project/solution

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Mantis Bug Tracker
<mantis at public.kitware.com> wrote:
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> The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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> http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14694
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> Reported By:                Geoff
> Assigned To:
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> Project:                    CMake
> Issue ID:                   14694
> Category:                   CMake
> Reproducibility:            always
> Severity:                   minor
> Priority:                   normal
> Status:                     new
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> Date Submitted:             2014-01-13 11:37 EST
> Last Modified:              2014-01-13 11:37 EST
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> Summary:                    Percent symbol (%) in path creates bad autogenerated
> paths
> Description:
> When there is a percentage symbol (%) in the cmake file path, cmake creates bad
> file paths to autogenerated .stamp and .sln files. The path to these files seems
> to have concatenated a copy of itself. In visual studio 11, it reports these
> errors in the CUSTOMBUILD step for both the ZEROCHECK and user projects.
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Create a folder with a % in it
> 2. Create a .c file with a simple main function
> 3. Create a CMakeLists.txt file with an executable to a the .c file above
> 4. Run cmake for Visual Studio 11
> 5. Build all
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> Issue History
> Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change
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> 2014-01-13 11:37 Geoff          New Issue
> 2014-01-13 11:37 Geoff          File Added: bugWithPercent%.zip
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