[Cmake] EXEC_PROGRAM - bug, "feature", or my bad? Mac OS X 10.3 / BSD

[William A. Hoffman]

I think I may have fixed this.  Can you try and build cvs cmake, and see
if it works.  Thanks.  

-Bill


At 12:42 PM 6/22/2004, paul. wrote:
>cmake 2.0.1
>
>my work partner and I figured it's that it is because the path is both quoted and \ escaped.
>we also tried it on an old version of linux on a server we have access to, and that fails on cd "path\ has/escaped\ and\ quoted/title"
>
>so i guess that makes it a bug in EXEC_PROGRAM?
>
>- paul
>
>On Jun 22, 2004, at 12:24 PM, William A. Hoffman wrote:
>
>>What version of cmake are you using?
>>
>>I just tried the following on OS X, and windows, and
>>it worked:
>>
>>EXEC_PROGRAM(pwd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} OUT)
>>MESSAGE("${OUT}")
>>
>>I tried with spaces in the path.
>>
>>-Bill
>>
>>At 11:23 AM 6/22/2004, paul. wrote:
>>>hello,
>>>
>>>When trying to invoke an external makefile with the command:
>>>EXEC_PROGRAM(make ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/RenderSystems/GL/src/nvparse/)
>>>cmake executes:
>>>-- Check for working C compiler: gcc -- works
>>>-- Check for working CXX compiler: c++ -- works
>>>running cd "/Users/crescent/Documents/My\
>>>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/" && make 2>&1
>>>sh: line 1: cd: /Users/crescent/Documents/My\
>>>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/: No such file or directory
>>>-- Configuring done
>>>-- Generating done
>>>
>>>The quotes are what is killing it:
>>>% cd "/Users/crescent/Documents/My\
>>>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/"
>>>tcsh: /Users/crescent/Documents/My\
>>>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/: No such file or directory.
>>>
>>>but if I:
>>>% cd /Users/crescent/Documents/My\
>>>Documents/Download/-Developer/Ogre/ogreCmake/RenderSystems/GL/src/ nvparse/
>>>%
>>>
>>>weird, i know.
>>>
>>>I'm using Mac OS X, which uses the BSD cd command. I'm not entirely
>>>positive, but that might be the issue at hand.
>>>
>>>Anyone know how to work around this? (other than editing the generated
>>>makefile :P)
>>>
>>>
>>>- paul
>>>
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