[CMake] CMake cannot build a simple example on one of our computers

[Marcus]

Hi,

CMake will not configure on one of our development machines.  When I run 
CMake on this machine, it initially it says:


-- Check for working C compiler: cl


Then it crunches for about 15 minutes, and eventually displays the message:


-- Check for working C compiler: cl - broken
CMake Error: The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test 
program.


If I look inside the binary output directory while CMake is running, I 
can see that the CMakeFiles directory is being expanded recursively like 
this:

C:\temp\CMakeExample-bin\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\...

Perhaps it is getting stuck in infinite recursion?


I have tried building the simple CMake example from the website 
<http://www.cmake.org/HTML/cmakeExample.tar.gz>, but this also causes 
the problem.

I have tried CMake 2.4 and several of the recent 2.5 development builds 
without success.

On another computer, I can configure and build the same projects 
perfectly.  Both computers are running the same versions of Windows XP 
and Visual Studio 2005.

I have noticed other users with similar problems here: 
<http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg08545.html> and here: 
<http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg06779.html>.  Is there 
any solution?

Thanks,
Marcus