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0015871

CMake

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2015-12-03 17:13

2016-05-02 08:30

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Richard Lang

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normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

closed

Resolution

no change required

Platform

Windows 7 64 bit

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CMake 3.4.1

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Summary

0015871: Cmake may select incorrect default generator on windows host

Description

Looking at cmake::ActualConfigure() method in cmake.cxx (line 1265 or thereabouts), comment indicates that in absence of a specified generator cmake running on a native Windows host (not Cygwin) should generate for the newest Visual Studio installation found on the system, and fall back to generating a NMake make file if none found (which seems sensible), however as far as I can see the code is actually going to select the OLDEST VS install.

Haven't run any test cases, this is solely from code inspection.

Steps To Reproduce

Run Cmake without generator specified on Windows host with more than 1 version of visual Studio installed.

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(0039951) Richard Lang (reporter) 2015-12-03 17:36	False alarm sorry, misunderstood scope of break statement

(0040977) Robert Maynard (manager) 2016-05-02 08:30	Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-12-03 17:13	Richard Lang	New Issue
2015-12-03 17:36	Richard Lang	Note Added: 0039951
2015-12-04 08:25	Brad King	Status	new => resolved
2015-12-04 08:25	Brad King	Resolution	open => no change required
2016-05-02 08:30	Robert Maynard	Note Added: 0040977
2016-05-02 08:30	Robert Maynard	Status	resolved => closed