[CMake] Problem with NMake generator after upgrade from 2.4.6 to 2.6.3

[Bill Hoffman]

Dieter Oberkofler wrote:
> Thank you for your quick feedback!
> 
> 1) Why does this warning appear in the first place and can it be disabled? 
It was a bug.   No way to fix it but use the next version of cmake.  I 
was trying to detect and warn people when they tried to use nmake with 
an in correct env.   Some of the compilers use LIBPATH and some do not, 
unfortunately, the one I tested with did use it....

> 2) Is there a simple change log explaining what new features might be
> available in each release?
Yes.
http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.6/CMakeChangeLog-2.6.3


> 
> -Dieter
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Hoffman [mailto:bill.hoffman at kitware.com] 
>> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 3:22 PM
>> To: doberkofler.lists at gmail.com
>> Cc: CMake at cmake.org
>> Subject: Re: [CMake] Problem with NMake generator after 
>> upgrade from 2.4.6 to 2.6.3
>>
>> Dieter Oberkofler wrote:
>>> After having upgraded CMake from 2.4.6 to 2.6.3 I received the 
>>> following warning
>>>
>>> ==========
>>> ...
>>> -- The C compiler identification is MSVC
>>> -- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC CMake Warning at 
>> C:/Program 
>>> Files/CMake
>>> 2.6/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake:32 
>> (ENABLE_LANGUAGE):
>>>   To use the NMake generator, cmake must be run from a 
>> shell that can 
>>> use the
>>>   compiler cl from the command line.  This environment does 
>> not contain
>>>   INCLUDE, LIB, or LIBPATH, and these must be set for the 
>> cl compiler to
>>>   work.
>>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>>>   C:/Program Files/CMake
>>> 2.6/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/CMakeCInformation.cmake:39 (INCLUDE) ...
>>> ==========
>>>
>>> and CMake aborts.
>> Cmake should not abort, that is just a warning.  It is fixed in the
>> 2.6.4 RC 4, found here:
>> http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.6/?C=M;O=D
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>>>  
>>> The CMakeList.txt files and the environment did not change 
>> at all and 
>>> the compiler (cl.exe) can be executed from the same command 
>> line I'm 
>>> executing cmake from.
>>>  
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>  
>>> -Dieter
>>>
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