The offending line is this. /tmp/$/build$ grep -H -n '/tmp/$/src/tutorial.cpp' CMakeFiles/tutorial.exe.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/tutorial.exe.dir/build.make:53:CMakeFiles/tutorial.exe.dir/tutorial.cpp.o: /tmp/$/src/tutorial.cpp
This is obviously a bug in cmake but not a bug in make, as special treatment must be done for '$' in Makefile (see the following example). I hope that it is helpful to the development of cmake by providing this kind of corner case test. ~/linux/test/gnu/make/$$ cat Makefile .PHONY: all all: ../$$/out.txt ../$$/out.txt: ../$$/in.txt cp $< $@ clean: $(RM) ../$$/out.txt ~/linux/test/gnu/make/$$ make clean rm -f ../$/out.txt Just in case my make and cmake are not the newest. And the bug has been fixed in later version. Here are my make and cmake versions. ~/linux/test/gnu/make/$$ make --version GNU Make 3.81 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program built for i386-apple-darwin10.0 ~/linux/test/gnu/make/$$ cmake --version cmake version 2.8.8 > First of all, this is not a bugtracker. If you want your bug fixed, > you should file it in the kitware bugtracker. It is nonetheless helpful to discuss it here. Obviously, you did not think it is a bug. There are also previous bug discussions on this mailing list. -- Regards, Peng -- 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