[CMake] MSVC71 problems when upgrading to CMake 2.6.2

[Bill Hoffman]

Luke Kucalaba wrote:
> Good catch.  That seems to have fixed the example--I'll try to apply the
> same fix to the real project to see if this is going to be resolved now.
> Thanks for looking into this for me, I really appreciate your time and
> effort.
> 
> The only reason that I wanted to use the cache is to hide certain cmake
> variables from the typical end user, even if they click "Show Advanced
> Values".  I'm the primary CMake maintainer for our software team, and I
> don't want the other developers to be monkeying around with some of
> these CMake variables (like CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG), although others are
> OK to change (like CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE for instance).  I figured
> these variables were cached anyway because they show up in the cache
> when you check "Show Advanced Values".  What does it even mean then when
> you show advanced variables like CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG in the cache
> window (using CMakeSetup), when it is actually being used as a "local
> variable"?  Are there global equivalents to these CMake variables?
> 
> I suppose we'll just go with what works and have to remind everyone to
> just ignore the "show advanced values" option at all costs.
> 

You can still set them with the CACHE FORCE to hide them.  Just do that 
once in the project (to bogus values), then use the local variables to 
actually set the values that you want.

-Bill