[vtkusers] CMake error

[John Drescher]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:18 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Hossein Ghadiri
> <hossein.ghadiri at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dears,
>>
>> I am trying to use CMake 2.6-patch 4 to build VTK 5.4.0,
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>> I did fully install VS8-2005,
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>> But here is error generated by CMake:
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>>
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>> Check for working C compiler: cl
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>> Check for working C compiler: cl -- broken
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>> CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake
>> 2.6/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:32 (MESSAGE):
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>> The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program.
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>> It fails with the following output:
>>
>> Change Dir: F:/11-Programing/ITK &
>> VTK/vtk/source/vtk-5.4.0/built/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
>>
>> Run Build Command:E:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Common7\IDE\devenv.com
>>
>> CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE.sln /build Debug /project cmTryCompileExec
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>> Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 8.0.50727.42.
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>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved.
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>> The following error has occurred during XML parsing:
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>> File: F:\11-Programing\ITK &
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>> VTK\vtk\source\vtk-5.4.0\built\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.vcproj
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>> Line: 37
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>> Column: 52
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>> Error Message:
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>> Illegal name character.
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>> The file 'F:\11-Programing\ITK &
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>> VTK\vtk\source\vtk-5.4.0\built\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.vcproj'
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>> has failed to load.
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>> Invalid project
>>
>> Use:
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>> devenv [solutionfile | projectfile | anyfile.ext] [switches]
>>
>> The first argument for devenv is usually a solution file or project file.
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>> You can also use any other file as the first argument if you want to have
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>> the
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>> file open automatically in an editor. When you enter a project file, the
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>> IDE
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>> looks for an .sln file with the same base name as the project file in the
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>> parent directory for the project file. If no such .sln file exists, then
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>> the
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>> IDE looks for a single .sln file that references the project. If no such
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>> single
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>> .sln file exists, then the IDE creates an unsaved solution with a default
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>> .sln
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>> file name that has the same base name as the project file.
>>
>> Command line builds:
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>> devenv solutionfile.sln /build solutionconfig [ /project projectnameorfile
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>> [ /projectconfig name ] ]
>>
>> Available command line switches:
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>> /Build Builds the solution or project with the specified solution
>>
>> configuration. For example "Debug". If multiple platforms
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>> are possible, the configuration name must be enclosed in quotes
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>> and contain platform name. For example: "Debug|Win32".
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>> /Clean Deletes build outputs.
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>> /Command Starts the IDE and executes the command.
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>> /Deploy Builds and then deploys the specified build configuration.
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>> /Edit Opens the specified files in a running instance of this
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>> application. If there are no running instances, it will
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>> start a new instance with a simplified window layout.
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>> /LCID Sets the default language in the IDE for the UI.
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>> /Log Logs IDE activity to the specified file for troubleshooting.
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>> /NoVSIP Disables the VSIP developer's license key for VSIP testing.
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>> /Out Appends the build log to a specified file.
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>> /Project Specifies the project to build, clean, or deploy.
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>> Must be used with /Build, /Rebuild, /Clean, or /Deploy.
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>> /ProjectConfig Overrides the project configuration specified in the
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>> solution
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>> configuration. For example "Debug". If multiple platforms are
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>> possible, the configuration name must be enclosed in quotes
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>> and contain platform name. For example: "Debug|Win32".
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>> Must be used with /Project.
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>> /Rebuild Cleans and then builds the solution or project with the
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>> specified configuration.
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>> /ResetAddin Removes commands and command UI associated with the specified
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>> Add-in.
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>> /ResetSettings Restores the IDE's default settings, optionally resets to
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>> the specified VSSettings file.
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>> /ResetSkipPkgs Clears all SkipLoading tags added to VSPackages.
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>> /Run Compiles and runs the specified solution.
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>> /RunExit Compiles and runs the specified solution then closes the IDE.
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>> /SafeMode Launches the IDE in safe mode loading minimal windows.
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>> /Upgrade Upgrades the project or the solution and all projects in it.
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>> A backup of these files will be created as appropriate. Please
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>> see Help on 'Visual Studio Conversion Wizard' for more
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>> information on the backup process.
>>
>> Product-specific switches:
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>> /debugexe Open the specified executable to be debugged. The
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>> remainder of the command line is passed to this
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>> executable as its arguments.
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>> /useenv Use PATH, INCLUDE, LIBPATH, and LIB environment variables
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>> instead of IDE paths for VC++ builds.
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>> To attach the debugger from the command line, use:
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>> VsJITDebugger.exe -p <pid>
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>> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
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>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
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>> CMakeLists.txt:5 (PROJECT)
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>> Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
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>>
>>
>> Any body can help me?
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> Try it without the & symbol in the path name.
>

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John M. Drescher