2.8.1 also does this I thought it was because i didn't specify the drive, because I'm pretty sure I did this a lot when first developing cmakelists for my projects... but I don't know maybe 2.8.0 did it differently and I don't have that anymore... maybe I had the cmake-gui up and kept hitting generate/configure instead of relying on the make to do it?
make a directory on the root of a drive called 'test' make a CMakeLists.txt in that directory - it can be empty make a directory next to test called 'build' cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" /test (runs okay) make (runs okay, but does nothing) update the timestamp on the /test/cmakelists.txt (open it and save it or touch it) then run make in build then you get the result ------------ C:\build>make CMake Error: The source directory "C:/build/test" does not exist. Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. Makefile:118: *** [cmake_check_build_system] Error 1 #0 cmake_check_build_system at C:/build/Makefile:118 #1 all at C:/build/Makefile:70 #2 default_target at C:/build/Makefile:5 --------------------- To Reiterate steps -------------- mkdir /test touch /test/CMakeLists.txt mkdir /build cd /build [cmake-gui /test] or [cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" /test] touch /test/CMakeLists.txt make (fails) --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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