[CMake] Unable to compile a simple test program

Fri Jun 15 14:36:15 EDT 2007

Here is the download link:
  http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.4/

On 6/15/07, Lars Nygard <lnygard at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Thaks for your email. I tried what you said but I still get the same
> error.
> Where can I download cmake 2.4.7? The latest version on the site is
> 2.4.6...
> greets,
> Lars Nygard
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
> To: Lars Nygard <lnygard at yahoo.com>
> Cc: cmake at cmake.org
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:47:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [CMake] Unable to compile a simple test program
>
> This file name: ...
> c:\Documents and Settings\lars\Desktop\Insight
> Toolkit\myPrograms\ImageRegist rationBin\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug
>
> ...is 254 characters long.
>
> Try a shorter initial directory for your source and build trees. Also:
> perhaps try updating to CMake 2.4.7, it has some bug fixes in it that may
> prevent the occurrence of ridiculously long file names during try
> compiles...
>
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> On 6/15/07, Lars Nygard <lnygard at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Im having some problems with cmake and Visual studio 2003 .NET. It has
> > worked
> > good some time, but a few weeks I suddenly got "unable to compile a
> > simple test program".
> > When I re-install visual studio, it sometimes works for a while but
> > after a few configuration
> > i get this error. I can't understand what's wrong.
> > Ive tried re-installing windows, cmake and visual studio several times
> > but this error is coming
> > back.
> > Can anybody give me some advice on how to analyse what's wrong? Im not
> > that profficient
> > with either configuring visual studio or cmake.
> > Id really appreciate any help.
> > regards,
> > Lars Nygard
> >
> > Im using Visual Studio .NET 2003, Window XP service pack2 (with all
> > latest updates)
> > and Cmake 2.4 patch 6
> > This is part of the error file from cmake.
> >
> > ******************************************************************************
> > Determining if the C compiler works failed with the following output:
> >
> > Building Custom Rule C:/Documents and Settings/lars/Desktop/Insight
> > Toolkit/myPrograms/ImageRegistrationBin/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeLists.txt
> > -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual
> > Studio .NET 2003/Vc7/bin/cl.exe
> > -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual
> > Studio .NET 2003/Vc7/bin/cl.exe -- broken
> > CMake Error: The C compiler "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio
> > .NET 2003/Vc7/bin/cl.exe" is not able to compile a simple test program.
> > It fails with the following output:
> > Microsoft (R) Development Environment  Version 7.10.3077.
> > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2001. All rights reserved.
> > ------ Build started: Project: cmTryCompileExec, Configuration: Debug
> > Win32 ------
> > cmTryCompileExec : warning PRJ0009 : Build log could not be opened for
> > writing.
> > Make sure that the file is not open by another process and is not
> > write-protected.
> > cmTryCompileExec : error PRJ0020 : Tool 'C/C++', Property 'Object File
> > Name' contains invalid file name '
> > cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\testCCompiler.c'.
> > cmTryCompileExec : error PRJ0005 : Unable to create a temporary file in
> > directory 'c:\Documents and Settings\lars\Desktop\Insight
> > Toolkit\myPrograms\ImageRegistrationBin\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug'.
> >
> >
> > Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and
> > Settings\lars\Desktop\Insight
> > Toolkit\myPrograms\ImageRegistrationBin\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\Build"
> >
> > cmTryCompileExec - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
> > ---------------------- Done ----------------------
> >
> >     Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped
> >
> > CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
> > -- Configuring done
> > Compiling...
> > Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for
> > 80x86
> > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.
> > cl /Od /D "_MBCS" /FD /RTCs /MDd /GS /Fo" cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\\"
> > /Fd"Debug/cmTryCompileExec.pdb" /W3 /c /Zi /TC    /DWIN32
> > /D_WINDOWS  /Zm1000   /D_DEBUG        -DCMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"
> >    ".\testCCompiler.c"
> > testCCompiler.c
> > Linking...
> > Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 7.10.3077
> > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
> > "/OUT:Debug\cmTryCompileExec.exe" /VERSION:0.0 /INCREMENTAL /DEBUG
> > "/PDB:Debug\cmTryCompileExec.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /STACK:10000000
> > /machine:I386 /debug kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
> > comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib
> > odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
> > ".\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\testCCompiler.obj"
> >
> > Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and
> > Settings\lars\Desktop\Insight
> > Toolkit\myPrograms\ImageRegistrationBin\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
> >
> > cmTryCompileExec - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
> > ---------------------- Done ----------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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