[CMake] cmake 2.8.2 win32: invalid escape sequence when finding fortran compiler

[John Drescher]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Verweij, Arjen <VerweijA at tass-safe.com> wrote:
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> I’m trying a little F90 example on Windows with cmake. Apparently something is amiss, but I can’t find much on Google about it; at least not about this particular case.
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> All I do is cmake ..\f90example and the following appears in my terminal:
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> S:\mnt\usr3\people\verweija\build>cmake ..\f90example
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> -- Building for: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
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> -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
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> -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003 -- works
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> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
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> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
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> -- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
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> -- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003 -- works
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> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
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> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
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> -- Check for working Fortran compiler using: Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
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> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:4 (SET):
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>   Syntax error in cmake code at
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>     S:/mnt/usr3/people/verweija/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeLists.txt:4
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>   when parsing string
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>     C:\Program
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>   Invalid escape sequence \P
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> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:4 (SET):
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>   Syntax error in cmake code at
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>     S:/mnt/usr3/people/verweija/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeLists.txt:4
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>   when parsing string
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>     Files\VNI\CTT5.0\include\IA32" /fpe:3 /nologo   ${COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}"
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>   Invalid escape sequence \V
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> CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
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> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
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> Please advise J
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You seem to have a path using \ instead of /

John