[CMake] RVDS and CMake

[Bill Hoffman]

Luis Ramirez wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> I would like to know if someone has experience with armcc compiler 
> provide by the RVDS compilation suite. I am work normally with cygwin 
> environment and my current project has manual Makefile that are 
> impossible to manage for new people. I would like to suggest a 
> construction software as CMake but I couldn't configure a simple project 
> with the armcc compiler. The ARM compiler is not the Dashboard with the 
> testing building system but I don't undertand why it will not work.
> 
> I have posted the output at the end of the mail. I think that the error 
> is in the generation of the example files "build.make" and the 
> "testCCompiler.c". If I use gcc it works properly.
> 
> If someone has an idea please comment to me.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> $cmake.exe --debug-output
> Running with debug output on.
> -- Check for working C compiler: /home/lramirez/bin/armcc.exe
> -- Check for working C compiler: /home/lramirez/bin/armcc.exe -- broken
> CMake Error: Error in cmake code at
> /usr/share/cmake-2.4.7/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:33:
> MESSAGE The C compiler "/home/lramirez/bin/armcc.exe" is not able to 
> compile a simple test program.
> It fails with the following output:
>  make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make 
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
> make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/CMakeExample/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> /usr/bin/cmake.exe -E cmake_progress_report 
> /tmp/CMakeExample/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
> Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o
> /home/lramirez/bin/armcc.exe   -o 
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o   -c 
> /tmp/CMakeExample/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
> "no source": Error:  #5: cannot open source input file 
> "\tmp\CMakeExample\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\testCCompiler.c": No such file or 
> directory
> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/CMakeExample/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> make: *** [cmTryCompileExec/fast] Error 2
> 
> 
Looks like the compiler does not understand cygwin paths.  I would 
recommend using the windows build of CMake, with the "Unix Makefiles" 
generator.  Then set CXX and CC before running cmake, and it should work.

-Bill