[CMake] Infinite checks for CMakeCache.txt

William A. Hoffman billlist at nycap.rr.com
Thu Dec 16 09:37:08 EST 2004


Most of the time this is caused by CMake writing one of its input files and not using a copy on different.  If you look in the Makefiles you will see a CMAKE_MAKEFILE_SOURCES, check to see if your CMakeLists files are writing any of those input files.

-Bill



At 09:30 AM 12/16/2004, Nils H.Busch wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to build an older project of mine (done with CMake v 1.6) with
>Cmake v 1.9 (debian package).
>After running ccmake and when executing make I receive error messages like
>the following
>
>CMakeCache.txt out-of-date
>checking cmake.check.depends
>
>over and over and I have to interrupt make.
>
>I have used pristine build dirs to no avail.
>Does anyone have an idea what goes wrong here and possibly at which files
>or issues I have to look at to fix this.
>
>I could provide CMakeLists.txt files, but it is a moderatley large project
>and I might be doing only something very stupid ...
>
>Thanks. 
>
>--
>  Nils H. Busch
>
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