Unset generator unless cmake.useCMakeServer is true on Windows

Brief Issue Summary

On Windows, when I turn off the CMakeServer, CMakeTools does not specify the generator. The cmake.generator variable is set to Ninja. The ${generator} expands out to null. It also doesn’t appear to properly set up the dev environment (“The C compiler identification is unknown”)

CMake Tools Log

[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug -Hc:/path/to/project "-Bc:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug"
[cmake] Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
[cmake] -- Building for: Visual Studio 15 2017
[cmake] -- The C compiler identification is unknown
[cmake] -- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
[cmake] CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (project):
[cmake]   No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.
[cmake] 
[cmake] 
[cmake] 
[cmake] CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (project):
[cmake]   No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.
[cmake] 
[cmake] 
[cmake] 
[cmake] -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
[cmake] See also "C:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
[cmake] See also "C:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

Developer Tools Log

 INFO no standard startup: not a new window
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:28.634Z [debug] [rollbar] Updated Rollbar payload {"environment":"production","packageJSON":{"name":"cmake-tools","version":"1.1.2"},"client":{"code_version":"1.1.2"},"platform":"win32"}
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:28.996Z [debug] [kit] Reading kits file C:\Users\TheUser\AppData\Roaming\CMakeTools\cmake-tools.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:28.996Z [debug] [kit] Not reading non-existent kits file: c:\path\to\project\.vscode\cmake-kits.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.067Z [info] [kit] Successfully loaded 10 kits from C:\Users\TheUser\AppData\Roaming\CMakeTools\cmake-tools.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.077Z [debug] [main] Safe constructing new CMakeTools instance
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.078Z [debug] [variant] Constructing VariantManager
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.080Z [debug] [main] Constructing new CMakeTools instance
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.081Z [debug] [main] Starting CMakeTools second-phase init
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.082Z [debug] [rollbar] Checking Rollbar permissions
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.082Z [debug] [rollbar] Rollbar enabled?  true
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.129Z [info] [variant] Loaded new set of variants
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.136Z [debug] [main] CMakeTools instance initialization complete.
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.137Z [debug] [main] Injecting new Kit into CMake driver
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:29.142Z [debug] [kit] Reading kits file C:\Users\TheUser\AppData\Roaming\CMakeTools\cmake-tools.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:30.168Z [info] [kit] Successfully loaded 10 kits from C:\Users\TheUser\AppData\Roaming\CMakeTools\cmake-tools.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:30.170Z [debug] [kit] Not reading non-existent kits file: c:\path\to\project\.vscode\cmake-kits.json
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:30.172Z [debug] [rollbar] Updated Rollbar payload {"kit":{"name":"Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64","visualStudio":"e3c5dd2b","visualStudioArchitecture":"amd64","preferredGenerator":{"name":"Visual Studio 15 2017","platform":"x64"}}}
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:30.172Z [debug] [main] Injecting new Kit into CMake driver
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] activating extension
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] starting language server
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] updateCustomBrowseConfiguration
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.275Z [debug] [extension] [9252] cmake.configure started
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.277Z [debug] [main] Run configure  
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.277Z [debug] [main] Saving open files before configure/build
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.531Z [debug] [main] Starting new CMake driver
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.531Z [debug] [main] Starting CMake driver
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.532Z [debug] [legacy-driver] Creating instance of LegacyCMakeDriver
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:37.534Z [debug] [driver] CMakeDriver Kit set to Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.239Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.239Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions cb
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.242Z [debug] [driver] Setting new variant , Emit debug information without performing optimizations
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.242Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.242Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions cb
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.517Z [debug] [driver] Start configure  
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.518Z [debug] [driver] Runnnig pre-configure checks and steps
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.523Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.523Z [debug] [driver] Run _refreshExpansions cb
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.524Z [debug] [legacy-driver] Invoking CMake C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE with arguments ["--no-warn-unused-cli","-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE","-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug","-Hc:/path/to/project","-Bc:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug"]
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.528Z [info] [proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug -Hc:/path/to/project "-Bc:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug"
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.601Z [info] [cmake] Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:41.629Z [info] [cmake] -- Building for: Visual Studio 15 2017
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:45.521Z [info] [cmake] -- The C compiler identification is unknown
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.100Z [info] [cmake] -- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.118Z [error] [cmake] CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (project):
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.119Z [error] [cmake]   No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
2/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.120Z [error] [cmake] 
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.121Z [error] [cmake] 
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.126Z [error] [cmake] CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (project):
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.127Z [error] [cmake]   No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
2/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.127Z [error] [cmake] 
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.128Z [error] [cmake] 
t.log @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.138Z [info] [cmake] -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.139Z [info] [cmake] See also "C:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.139Z [info] [cmake] See also "C:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.164Z [debug] [cache] Reading CMake cache file c:/path/to/project/build/Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64 null Debug/CMakeCache.txt
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.165Z [debug] [cache] Parsing CMake cache string
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:282 [Extension Host] [CMakeTools] 2018-10-19T05:42:47.179Z [debug] [extension] [9252] cmake.configure finished (returned 1)

Platform and Versions

• Operating System: Windows
• CMake Version: 3.12.1
• VSCode Version: 1.28.2
• CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.1.2
• Compiler/Toolchain: Visual Studio Community 2017 - amd64

Other Notes/Information

Leaving CMakeServer on is a frustrating experience because CMS errors out every time I add or remove files to the project; I’m using globs. If there was a way to restart the CMS process, I’d be happy with using that instead of turning off CMS

[vector-of-bool]

Found the issue. Should be fixed in next release.

Try using CMS in the latest CMake Version, see if it still has this issue.

[vector-of-bool]

Reopening and repurposing as it appears there are more problems here.