[CMake] CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.

[Mike Jackson]

It looks as though your c compiler is "broken", which is really to  
say that the ccache/gcc wrapper either is not looking in the proper  
location for standard include files OR your standard C include files  
are NOT in a location that is known.


On Jan 3, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Gregory Anderson wrote:

> I ran these commands but I still got the same error message at the
> cmake ../ stage.
>
> [root at localhost ~]# cd /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682
> [root at localhost canorus-0.5beta.R682]# mkdir Build
> [root at localhost canorus-0.5beta.R682]# cd Build
> [root at localhost Build]# cmake ../
> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/lib/ccache/gcc
> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/lib/ccache/gcc -- broken
> CMake Error: The C compiler "/usr/lib/ccache/gcc" is not able to  
> compile
> a simple test program.
> It fails with the following output:
>  /usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
> gmake[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> /usr/bin/cmake -E
> cmake_progress_report /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/ 
> CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
> Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o
> /usr/lib/ccache/gcc   -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/ 
> testCCompiler.o
> -c /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/ 
> testCCompiler.c
> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/ 
> testCCompiler.c:4:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/ 
> testCCompiler.c: In function ‘main’:
> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/ 
> testCCompiler.c:12: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of  
> built-in function ‘printf’
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o]  
> Error 1
> gmake: *** [cmTryCompileExec/fast] Error 2
>
>
> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
> -- Configuring done
> [root at localhost Build]# make
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> [root at localhost Build]#
>
> On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 11:15 -0500, Mike Jackson wrote:
>> I think you might be missing a very basic tenant of CMake: Out of
>> Source Builds. CMake creates a pile of files and all the compiler
>> output and all that sort of stuff _really_ needs to be gathered into
>> it's own directory. The way you are running it currently, all those
>> files will be put loose into your home directory. Try this:
>>
>> [root at localhost ~]# cd /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682
>> [root at localhost ~]# mkdir Build
>> [root at localhost ~]# cd Build
>> [root at localhost ~]# cmake ../
>> [root at localhost ~]# make
>>
>> And lets see what happens..
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Gregory Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I have had some troubles with cmake (or maybe gcc).  I keep getting
>>> this
>>> error whenever I try to use it.  gcc is installed.
>>>
>>>
>>> [root at localhost ~]# cmake /home/gregory/tarballs/ 
>>> canorus-0.5beta.R682
>>> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/lib/ccache/gcc
>>> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/lib/ccache/gcc -- broken
>>> CMake Error: The C compiler "/usr/lib/ccache/gcc" is not able to
>>> compile
>>> a simple test program.
>>> It fails with the following output:
>>> /usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make
>>> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
>>> gmake[1]: Entering directory
>>> `/home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
>>> /usr/bin/cmake -E
>>> cmake_progress_report /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/
>>> CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
>>> Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o
>>> /usr/lib/ccache/gcc   -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/
>>> testCCompiler.o
>>> -c /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/
>>> testCCompiler.c
>>> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/
>>> testCCompiler.c:4:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
>>> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/
>>> testCCompiler.c: In function ‘main’:
>>> /home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/
>>> testCCompiler.c:12: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of
>>> built-in function ‘printf’
>>> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
>>> `/home/gregory/tarballs/canorus-0.5beta.R682/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
>>> gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o]
>>> Error 1
>>> gmake: *** [cmTryCompileExec/fast] Error 2
>>>
>>>
>>> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
>>> -- Configuring done
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
Innovative Management & Technology Services