[CMake] Does "cmake.exe" expect a shell?

[Bill Hoffman]

Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in kdevelop4 we're running cmake to prepare a builddirectory from a source
> dir. This worked just fine on linux, however we're running into a problem
> when executing on Windows for the NMake-Generator.
> 
> It seems this generator absolutely needs a shell (i.e. cmd.exe) as its
> environment and its not enough to simply start kdevelop from the C++
> development console. 
> 
> Does cmake.exe have an explicit check for a real cmd.exe shell on windows?
> (I don't have access to cmake sources right now)
> 
> Andreas

CMake requires that the environment be setup for use with the command 
line cl.   This is usually done by running vcvars32 or some other .bat 
file that sets up the environment.  By default the cl compiler will not 
just work unless the env is setup for it.

-Bill