Does anyone know what "The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program." means?
I am trying to compile Wt using CMake on MSVC 9.
The OS is Windows XP.
Here is the full log:
Check for working C compiler: cl Check for working C compiler: cl -- broken CMake Error at I:/Program Files/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:50 (MESSAGE): The C compiler "cl" is not able to compile a simple test program.
It fails with the following output:
Change Dir: I:/SophisPal/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\Common7\IDE\VCExpress.exe CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE.sln /build Debug /project cmTryCompileExec
Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.30729.1.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.
1>------ Build started: Project: cmTryCompileExec, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
1>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
1>cl /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_DEBUG" /D "CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\""
/D "_MBCS" /FD /RTCs /MDd /Fo"cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\"
/Fd"I:/SophisPal/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/Debug/cmTryCompileExec.pdb" /W3 /c /Zi /TC /Zm10001> .\testCCompiler.c
1>testCCompiler.c
1>Compiling manifest to resources...
1>Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Compiler Version 6.1.6723.1
1>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
1>Linking...
1>Embedding manifest...
1>Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cmd.exe'.
1>Build log was saved at
"file://i:\SophisPal\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTryCompileExec.dir\Debug\BuildLog.htm"1>cmTryCompileExec - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project. Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:7 (PROJECT)Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
I googled for the cmd.exe error and came up with this page. Looks like Visual studio needs to be configured with a few paths so it knows how to find cmd.exe. Here are the steps from that thread:
What you must do is change MSVS options (Tools menu > Options > Project and Solutions > VC++ Directories) to ensure that
$(SystemRoot)
$(SystemRoot)\System32
$(SystemRoot)\System32\wbem
are specified BEFORE $(PATH).