[CMake] cmake 3.x + vs2013, "unknown compiler", re: bug 15057

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Thu May 28 10:30:30 EDT 2015


On 5/27/2015 11:37 PM, Peter Karasev wrote:
> The workaround is to purge your PATH environment variable so that no
> copies of cmake.exe are there.
> ​          ​
> It still feels like a bug
> ​ that could be fixed​
> ; why should cmake 3.x allow old versions to interfere with it at runtime?
> ​At a minimum, some kind of warning would make the issue more obvious
> and save people some time. ​
>
I suspect this does not have anything to do with cmake being in the PATH 
but rather cygwin being in the PATH.   If you could send me the 
CMakeError.log file that might show what is wrong.   Also, the output 
from the run.

-Bill


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