Steve, I'm not sure why cmake won't find mingw's make. I build with mingw every day. If I run the cmake gui from a fresh build tree, I get the same error. Then I use the gui to browse to the location of make.exe and then all runs fine.
Bill On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Steve Westenbroek <[email protected]> wrote: > [disclaimer: portions of the text below is from an earlier contribution that > I made to stackoverflow.com; I'll cross-post any solutions as well!] > > Greetings, > > I have reached the end of my rope with Cmake; it has so much potential, but > I cannot seem to make it find the basic system tools (i.e. "make") in order > to function. > > SYMPTOMS > > Cmake and the Cmake GUI produce the following (after deleting the > CMakeCache.txt file): > > Processing top-level CMakelists.txt for project swb > CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to > "MinGW Makefiles". > CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different > build tool. > > I am focusing on finding "make" in this question, however, I've also had > many of the same issues with CMake failing to find libraries and other > utility files (linker, nm, ar, etc.). The techniques I list below seem to > enable CMake to find these files when running under Linux. > > SYSTEM > > Windows 7 (64-bit); multiple versions of MinGW (32-bit/64-bit); Cmake 2.8.4; > NONSTANDARD install location for MinGW (c:/MinGW-32 ). > > THINGS I HAVE TRIED > > 1) CMakelists.txt contains "SET( CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM c:/MinGW-32/bin/make.exe > FORCE )" within the first 10 lines of the file. > > 2) Previous versions of CMakelists.txt contained: > > find_program(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM > NAMES make > make.exe > DOC "Find a suitable make program for building under Windows/MinGW" > HINTS c:/MinGW-32/bin ) > > 3) Set CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM in a cmd.exe environment variable prior to running > either CMake or CMake-GUI. > > 4) Use of a "toolchain" file which identifies CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM as well as > CMAKE_C_COMPILER, etc. > > QUESTION(S) > > How does one enable CMake to find my make program without user intervention > with the Windows 7 (64-bit) / MinGW combination? Nothing I have tried thus > far seems to make any difference; Cmake simply is unable to find "make.exe" > even when explicitly given the fully qualified name. > > Thanks! > > - Steve Westenbroek > _______________________________________________ > 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
