VisualGDB Force Newer CMake Version

[Noah]

Hello,

I have been having a problem when trying to use a CMake executable other than the SysProgs fork. Due to the requirements of outside libraries, I need to use CMake 3.19; however the sysprogs fork is only 3.15. When setting up a project, I do specify a different CMake executable (version 3.19) but I continue to be prompted by VisualGDB to download cmake with SysProgs Extensions.

Here is how I set up my project:

1. Create New VS Project
2. New Embedded Project
   1. Project Type
      1. Import a project built with command-line tools
         1. “Import a CMake project with Advanced CMake Project System
   2. Device Selection
      1. MIMXRT1064CV5LA
   3. PROMPTED WITH MESSAGE: “VisualGDB Requires CMAKE 3.10+ with Sysprogs Extensions. Do you want to automatically download and install it?“
      1. Click “NO”
   4. Import CMake Project
      1. Directory with CMakeLists.txt: [set to my project top level CMakeLists.txt]
      2. CMake Binary: “C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe” <- CMake Version 3.19
      3. […] Left defaulted
      4. Use existing CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
         1. Existing Toolchain file: [Path to my toolchain.cmake within my project tree]
   5. Debug Method
      1. Segger J-Link
   6. [Finish]
   7. PROMPTED WITH MESSAGE: “VisualGDB Requires CMAKE 3.10+ with Sysprogs Extensions. Do you want to automatically download and install it?“
      1. Click “NO”
   8. Project opens, solution explorer says “Load failed. Double-click for details.”
   9. Open Project->VisualGDB Project Properties
      1. Set up cmake command line arguments for cmake to define some variables.
      2. Click Apply
      3. PROMPTED WITH MESSAGE: “VisualGDB Requires CMAKE 3.10+ with Sysprogs Extensions. Do you want to automatically download and install it?“
         1. Click “NO”
   10. solution explorer says “Load failed. Double-click for details.”
       1. Double clicking displays: “Loaded [project path].vgdbcmake. Waiting for VS to set the active configuration…
          [project path].vgdbcmake: active configuration changed to Debug”
   11. Build->Rebuild Solution:
       1.  ========== Project Configuration Summary ==========
          [Project Name] configured in 00:25
          ========== Configuration: 1 Succeeded, 0 Failed, 0 Skipped ==========
       2. PROMPTED WITH MESSAGE: “VisualGDB Requires CMAKE 3.10+ with Sysprogs Extensions. Do you want to automatically download and install it?“
          1. Click “NO”
          2. Output window states:
          3. System.OperationCanceledException: The operation was canceled.
             at fe.d(b b, a a)
             at s61.p6(r2 f, Int32 a, dm2 d, ks2 b, un2 e, Boolean c)
             at s61.w3(r2 a, Int32 b)
       3. solution explorer says “Load failed. Double-click for details.” and this process repeats.

From the tutorial:

https://visualgdb.com/tutorials/arm/cmake/import/

I understand that the behavior should be that VisualGDB should still be ok with the non-sysprogs version of CMake, albeit without the extra features implemented in the sysprogs cmake fork.

However, I am stuck in the loop above.

 

I am using VisualGDB version 5.5R4 (build 3920).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

[support]

Hi,

We normally advise using our CMake fork when building projects on the Windows side, as we routinely test various VisualGDB features with it. That said, you can configure VisualGDB to use a specific CMake executable via Tools->Options->VisualGDB->General->Tools->Full path to cmake.exe.

We have also updated our CMake fork based on the latest v3.20.3 release. You can update it via Tools->VisualGDB->Manage VisualGDB Packages.

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