It's not *a program*, it's the compiler. Which is being invoked wrong BY CMAKE -- "dash o blank blank inputfilespec" instead of "dash o blank outputfilespec inputfilespec". So what's a debugger going to tell me? I already know.
-----Original Message----- From: cmake-boun...@cmake.org [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of william.croc...@analog.com Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 4:56 PM To: cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] CMake hangs on new install If you have an instance of a program which has hung, I would attach to it with a debugger and see where it is, what it is doing (or not doing in this case) and what it is waiting for. Bill Phil Smith wrote: > So....no ideas nowhere nohow? > > > > We have: > > - Reinstalled CMake > > > > - Reinstalled Cygwin > > > > - Tried a tiny, two-line CMakeLists.txt in an empty directory: > > *cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)* > > *project(TEMP C) > > * > > The command line to CMake (in a .bat file) is: > > *cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:string="%~dp0\zosport.cmake" -G"Unix > Makefiles" .\* > > * * > > This works (well, works on the "good" machines, fails in the same way on > the bad) from the command line in that otherwise empty directory, > provided the %~dp0 is replaced with the appropriate path. > > > > - Tried CMake on the same machine, with a Windows build (the > failing case is for cross-compiling - I should have noted that before); > it worked. > > > > So on this one machine, CMake isn't totally busted, but DOES NOT like > cross-compiling. The contents of zosport.cmake are: > > > > *# This is a CMake Toolchain file, required for cross-compiling using* > > *# the Dignus cross-compilers on Windows, compiling for z/OS.* > > * * > > *# Tell CMAKE the target system name* > > *SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME "IBM_ZOS")* > > * * > > *# Specify the cross-compilers* > > *SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "regina.exe" "cc.rex dcc.exe")* > > *SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "regina.exe" "cc.rex dcxx.exe")* > > * * > > *SET(CMAKE_C_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY "DAR -rv <TARGET> <OBJECTS>")* > > * * > > *SET(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "plink.exe > \"-S$ENV{DIGNUS_PROGRAM}/objs_norent/&M\" <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET>")* > > *SET(CMAKE_C_LINK_EXECUTABLE "plink.exe > \"-S$ENV{DIGNUS_PROGRAM}/objs_norent/&M\" <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET>")* > > > > The IBM_ZOS.cmake in the Platform\ directory contains: > > > > *INCLUDE(Platform/UnixPaths)* > > > > And that's about all I can see that's specific to the cross-compiling. > Since the problem occurs in the parameters it uses to call the compiler, > it doesn't seem to be the compiler that's at fault. > > > > *From:* cmake-boun...@cmake.org [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] *On > Behalf Of *Phil Smith > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:12 PM > *To:* cmake@cmake.org > *Subject:* [CMake] CMake hangs on new install > > > > This is driving me nuts, and it's almost certainly something dumb. One > of my CMake users lost a hard drive and had to reimage. > > > > Now she's installed CMake 2.8 and it LOOKS like it's all OK, but any > attempt to do a CMake hangs because the attempt to compile > CMakeCCompilerId.c winds up passing a bunch of flags and then "-o > CMakeCCompilerId.c" - that is, the -o flag, TWO spaces, and then > CMakeCCompilerId.c. So there's no output file specification; the input > filespec becomes the output, and the compiler dutifully waits for input > from stdin. > > > > Now, I think I've seen this before, but I'm damned if I can remember > what causes it. As far as I can tell, the compiler call is generated > within cmake.exe, which kinda makes it hard to debug. > > > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance... > > -- > > ...phsiii > > > > Phil Smith III > > p...@voltage.com <mailto:p...@voltage.com> > > Voltage Security, Inc. > > www.voltage.com <http://www.voltage.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake