[CMake] Compiler Test Failing on Windows 7

[David Cole]

So it actually *was* a permissions issue after all...


On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Joe L <superist_joe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Trying to open the solution file (trycompile generated) didn't work by
> double clicking on it, so I searched about that and found this:
>
> http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/matt/archive/2007/05/21/47446.aspx
>
> this comment is the one that solved that for me:
> "It works when you set both
> Launcher (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
> Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe) and IDE(C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe) to run as administrator.
> (Right click .exe and select Propertries -> Compatibility, and choose Run
> as Administrator)
>
> Hope this helps. "
>
> After doing this I thought to set cmake as 'run as admin', and that seemed
> to get everything to generate as it should.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com>
> *To:* David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
> *Cc:* cmake at cmake.org
> *Sent:* Tue, January 5, 2010 3:01:47 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [CMake] Compiler Test Failing on Windows 7
>
> David Cole wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Hendrik Sattler <
> post at hendrik-sattler.de <mailto:post at hendrik-sattler.de>> wrote:
> >
> >    Am Dienstag 05 Januar 2010 14:09:00 schrieb Joe L:
> >      >  C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake
> >      >  2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:62
> >      >  (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI) CMakeLists.txt:3 (PROJECT)
> >
> >    You might want to avoid instal cmake in a path with spaces.
> >    I install software with unix layout to "C:\local"
> >
> >
> > Nonsense. CMake works fine in a directory that has spaces in its name. We
> wouldn't make the default installation directory on Windows have spaces in
> it if it did have problems...
> >
> > There must be something else going on here.
> >
> >
>
> This has nothing to do with copy file not working.  The copy file is not
> working because no executable was generated for some reason.  You should
> look in CMakeError.log and CMakeOutput.log.  If that fails to show anything,
> then run cmake --debug-trycompile, then go into the CMakeFiles directory and
> run the build tool by hand and figure out why it is not producing executable
> files.
>
> -Bill
>
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