[CMake] Error in generated nmake files on Windows

[Michael Wild]

On 24. May, 2010, at 15:24 , Bo Thorsen wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have as simple a CMakeLists.txt as possible:
> 
> ADD_EXECUTABLE(comp_err comp_err.c)
> 
> I did these two commands:
> 
> $ set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
> $ cmake -G "NMake Makefiles"
> 
> I got this:
> 
> Building C object extra/CMakeFiles/comp_err.dir/comp_err.c.obj
> comp_err.c
> Linking C executable comp_err.exe
> LINK : fatal error LNK1146: no argument specified with option '/machine:'
> LINK failed. with 2
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\cmake.exe"' : return code '0xffffffff'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> 
> Is it something I'm doing wrong, or should I report a bug on this?
> 
> I'm on a 64 bit Windows 7 with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition.
> 
> Bo.

Is it really just this single line or are you eliding the PROJECT command? That one is required for anything to work....

Michael