[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015986]: Visual Studio 2015 does not work with v120 toolset

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15986 
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Reported By:                Gregor Jasny
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15986
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   high
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2016-02-24 11:24 EST
Last Modified:              2016-02-24 11:24 EST
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Summary:                    Visual Studio 2015 does not work with v120 toolset
Description: 
Hello,

today I tried to use Visual Studio 2015 to build with the VS2013 (v120) toolset.

Unfortunately I get the following error:

-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 18.0.40629.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 18.0.40629.0
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 14 2015
-- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 14 2015 -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files
(x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:61 (message):
  The C compiler "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
  12.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" is not able to compile a simple test program.

It properly works in the "same" toolchain pairing:
-G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -T v120
-G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -T v140

Thanks,
Gregor

Steps to Reproduce: 
CMakeLists.txt containing just:
  project(VS2015Test C CXX)

Configure:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -T v120
..



Additional Information: 
C:\Program Files
(x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(639,9): error
MSB4030: "Debug" is an invalid value for the "GenerateDebugInformation"
parameter of the "Link" task. The "GenerateDebugInformation" parameter is of
type "System.Boolean".
[C:\Users\gregorj\devtrees\vs2015test\_build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_05d1a.vcxproj]
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2016-02-24 11:24 Gregor Jasny   New Issue                                    
2016-02-24 11:24 Gregor Jasny   File Added: CMakeError.log                    
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