[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015875]: CMake does not find the VS2015 C compiler even though it has been installed by building a C/C++ program

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=15875 
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Reported By:                philrosenberg
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15875
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-12-09 10:57 EST
Last Modified:              2015-12-09 10:57 EST
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Summary:                    CMake does not find the VS2015 C compiler even
though it has been installed by building a C/C++ program
Description: 
When running cmake with the Visual Studio 14 2015 generator cmake says it cannot
find the C compiler. I have seen questions on stack exchange saying that the
user needs to first build a C/C++ program to force VS to download the compiler.
I have done this and I can see the compiler in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin.

Downgrading to 3.3.2 fixes the issue.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-12-09 10:57 philrosenberg  New Issue                                    
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