[CMake] newbie trying to run CMake example on WinXP with free toolkit 2003

[William A. Hoffman]

At 08:35 PM 6/9/2006, jecxz wrote:
>I am trying on CMake and after downloading and installing it on my WinXP
>system, I'm now trying to use the Hello/Demo example using the MS free
>C++ toolkit 2003. I have used this kit now for quite a while, so I'm
>confident it is all installed and working.
>
>In the main example dir I have run Cmakesetup, selected "Configure",
>selected "NMake Makefiles", "Configure", then "OK"
>
>No errors reported.
>
>Then I ran "cmake ." and got:
>-- Using FREE VC TOOLS, NO DEBUG available
>-- Using FREE VC TOOLS, NO DEBUG available
>-- Configuring done
>-- Generating done
>-- Build files have been written to:
>C:/pkg/c/cmake/cmakeExample/CMakeExample
>
>Assuming this meant no problems, I the run
>nmake all
>with this output:
>
>C:\pkg\c\cmake\cmakeExample\CMakeExample>nmake all
>
>Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
>Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.
>
>Scanning dependencies of target Hello
>'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>operable program or batch file.
>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINXP\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x1'
>Stop.
>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINXP\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2'
>Stop.
>NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINXP\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2'
>Stop.
>
>Certainly looks like the  problem is a space in the command line, but I have no clue why, how to
>fix it or even where to look as I'm quite new to the 'behind the scenes' activities of CMake.
>
>I'll keep looking and poking, but would appreciate any pointers about what I missed or messed, or ideas to try.

What version of cmake are you using?
Also, you can do nmake VERBOSE=1 to see the command that is
causing the trouble.

-Bill