visual c++ - CMAKE, NMAKE makefiles - 'compiler cl not found' (but VS 12 generator succeeds)

Question

The VS environment variable is set beforehand with vcvars32.bat, and VS is the only compiler that I use; the OS is win 7.

The error happens with cmake-gui; specifying the compiler with path results in error 'compiler failed to make simple test'; alternatively, cmake -i from command line succeeds initially with presenting an 'options' menu which then fails to allocate a 'cmakelists.txt' file (which is somewhere deeper in the cmake folder).

Where am I going wrong? (I continued with building the solution files from VS 12, but there's other issues.)

Answer 1

The answer to your question from cmake mailing list

Run cmake-gui FROM the target environment, just like you run cmake...

i.e. : type "cmake-gui" in the cmd prompt that has your stuff set up in it. Don't just launch it from a short-cut unless you're using the "Visual Studio *" generators. Those do not need any special environment. Many of the makefile ones do.