[CMake] Cross compiling in Win32 environment doesn't work

[Eric Noulard]

2011/9/19 Martin Kupke <martin.kupke at novero.com>:
> I'm using CMake in version 2.8.5 and just want to cross compile with a
> decicated Compiler / Linker set on my Windows machine. Of course I've read
> the FAQ and the Tutorial, afterwards I started trying to use CMake on a DOS
> (cmd.exe) command line interface with CMakeLists.txt and a toolchain file.
> After all tests failed to get CMake work in the Win32 environment, I tried
> it in my private Linux (Debian Squeeze) and the same procedure is
> successful. In Linux environment it works as described, in Win32 not.
>
> My PC has installed Windows XP including SP3.
> CMake version 2.8.5 is installed.
> My development path contains a CMakeLists.txt and a toolchain_ppc.cmake
> file, because I want to compile on my WinXP code for an embedded hardware
> using a PPC processor.
> The toolchain_ppc.cmake file contains the following settings:
> set (CMAKE_GENERATOR "NMake Makefiles")


I'm not sure whether if CMAKE_GENERATOR can be set in the toolchain file?
[...]

> D:\novero\Discovery\impl\target\CarIF_Appl\output>cmake -D
> CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="..\toolchain_ppc.cmake" ..

did you try to add '-G "NMake Makefiles"' to your command line?

[...]

> I just want to use a standard Assembler, C Compiler and Linker.
> I don't need CXX (C++) in my build environment and even I don't need (want)
> any Visual Studio in my Cross Compilation.
> The generator for CMake shall be "NMake Makefiles" so that the generated
> Makefile can be used with "NMake".
>
> Hopefully you can help me out of this.
>
>
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