[CMake] Problems Building a Java Project Under Cygwin

[R0b0t1]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/10/2017 04:44, R0b0t1 wrote:
>>
>> What fails is the compile step, like so:
>>
>> javac: file not found:
>>
>> \cygdrive\C\Users\R0b0t1\Documents\Code\project\build\CMakeFiles\project.dir\java_sources
>> (The system cannot find the path specified)
>>
>> Is this due to a change in the path separator?
>>
>> On another note, are there any suggestions for building Java projects?
>> Everything seems very confusing. I am not very smart.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>       R0b0t1.
>>
>
> the Java compiler is NOT a cygwin program, so it has no clue of
> \cygdrive.
>
> It will be more easy to use a windows cmake for your Java project

It's really not going to be easier for me to do that. Are there no
plans to fix this? I suppose I might file a bug against Cygwin for
path translation, but that may be equally intractable.

Cheers,
     R0b0t1