[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014917]: CMake does nor create response file for Ninja

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14917 
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Reported By:                Andreas Boerner
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14917
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2014-05-15 10:02 MDT
Last Modified:              2014-05-15 10:02 MDT
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Summary:                    CMake does nor create response file for Ninja
Description: 
On a larger project, (cmake -G Ninja) the arguments get too long for Ninja or
Linux to handle.
(That's usually the link command).
Linking aborts because of error command line too long

Steps to Reproduce: 
happens always if link command is long enough

Additional Information: 
I have a work-around for this:

ninjaFix.lex:

%%
CXX_EXECUTABLE_LINKER   printf("%s_RSP_FILE", yytext);
TARGET_PDB.+            printf("%s/n  RSP_FILE = rsp.txt\n", yytext);
 

flex ninjaFix.lex
gcc -o fix lex.yy.c -lfl

and then I do after cmake -G Ninja:

mv build.ninja build.ninja.in
fix < build.ninja.in > build.ninja

and then I can call ninja -j 20 without an error.


Would be great if this fix could be integrated into the Ninja generator of cmake
!




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Issue History 
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2014-05-15 10:02 Andreas BoernerNew Issue                                    
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