Hi Brad, Firstly, thanks for your attention and I really appreciate you're working through the issue with me.
Thanks for your explanation of cmLocalGenerator::Convert. My source tree roughly looks like this: C:\dev\root\src\CMakeLists.txt -- root cmake lists file C:\dev\root\src\build\ -- This is the target location for build files to be placed. I think by your definition, that means the build tree is inside the source tree. Indeed, if I send the build files out to the 'root' directory, then absolute paths are generated. A few questions arise from this information then... Is there any documentation that describes this behaviour? Why would cmake want to generate relative files by default? (indeed why in the case of build tree inside source tree? the only reason I can think of would be to have 'portable' build files... but that isn't supported by CMAKE, and certainly doesn't work with the visual studio generators anyway). What is the difference between having the build tree inside the source tree, that it means the path generation behaviour needs to change? Revisiting cmLocalGenerator::convert - It certainly looks like a function that is all about creating a relative path. Perhaps using this method isn't the best choice for the Visual Studio generators? I think, under Visual Studio the choice of absolute/relative paths should be mostly driven by this 260 character limit, since the build files are never going to be 'portable' anyway. What is the reason for making them use relative paths 'when they can'? I'd imagine that under VisualStudio, using an absolute path 'when they can' would actually be ideal. Thanks for your time Josh -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
