[CMake] VC6 SP6 hangs on the second build attempt.

[Bill Hoffman]

tech user wrote:
> Hi all
> 
>  
> 
> We are using VC6 SP6 with cmake 2.6 patch 3.
> 
> Our workspace (dsw) contains many (about 30) projects (dsp) of type 
> shared (dll).
> 
> There are dependencies between the different projects (dlls). (Note: 
> *this might be the issue)
> 
> 
> CMake is doing a great job on setting the dependencies and build order 
> correct.
> 
> Then the first build works great, but on the second build attempt VC6 
> usually hangs. (Require a kill or wasting an hour)
> 
>  
> 
Sounds like a VS6 bug.   However, since microsoft no longer supports VS6 
you are sort of out of luck...   I would be interested to hear why you 
are using such an old compiler?


One work around would be to use the nmake generator and build with 
makefiles.

-Bill