[CMake] How to avoid -${MAKEFLAGS} in the CMAKE generated Makefiles ?

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Tue Jul 7 20:34:59 EDT 2009


Xiangyun Kong wrote:
> I am getting some problems in using CMAKE on windows. With CMAKE
> generated Makefiles, when I use gnu make, I am getting the following errors,
> 
> NMAKE : fatal error U1065: invalid option '-'
> 
> It seems the -$(MAKEFLAGS) on the Make command options 
> lead to the problem. The MAKEFLAGS is not defined in my environemtn,
> and for some reasons, the CMAKE generated Makefile puts the 
> $(MAKEFLAGS) as an option.
> 
> Any hints on getting rid of it would be appreciated.
> 

Don't use gmake with NMake makefiles...  Use "Unix Makefiles" with gmake.

-Bill


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