Could not find NMAKE using the following names: nmake

[aboelens]

Installing openssl using vcpkg and the Windows.MSVC.toolchain.cmake I get the following error message:

CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_nmake.cmake:43 (find_program):
Could not find NMAKE using the following names: nmake

cmake looks in:

CMake Debug Log at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_build_nmake.cmake:43 (find_program):
find_program called with the following settings:

VAR: NMAKE
NAMES: "nmake"
Documentation: Path to a program.
Framework
  Only Search Frameworks: 0
  Search Frameworks Last: 0
  Search Frameworks First: 0
AppBundle
  Only Search AppBundle: 0
  Search AppBundle Last: 0
  Search AppBundle First: 0
CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_PATH: 1
CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH: 1
CMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH: 1
CMAKE_FIND_USE_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH: 1
CMAKE_FIND_USE_INSTALL_PREFIX: 1

find_program considered the following locations:

C:/Program Files/PowerShell/7/nmake.com
C:/Program Files/PowerShell/7/nmake.exe
C:/Program Files/PowerShell/7/nmake
C:/Windows/System32/nmake.com
C:/Windows/System32/nmake.exe
C:/Windows/System32/nmake
C:/Windows/nmake.com
C:/Windows/nmake.exe
C:/Windows/nmake
C:/Windows/System32/wbem/nmake.com
C:/Windows/System32/wbem/nmake.exe
C:/Windows/System32/wbem/nmake
C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/nmake.com
C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/nmake.exe
C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/nmake
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/perl/5.38.0.1/perl/bin/nmake.com
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/perl/5.38.0.1/perl/bin/nmake.exe
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/perl/5.38.0.1/perl/bin/nmake
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/ninja/1.10.2-windows/nmake.com
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/ninja/1.10.2-windows/nmake.exe
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/ninja/1.10.2-windows/nmake
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/nasm/nasm-2.16.01/nmake.com
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/nasm/nasm-2.16.01/nmake.exe
C:/Users/A879833/AppData/Local/vcpkg/downloads/tools/nasm/nasm-2.16.01/nmake

The item was not found.

The right version is in:

"C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Professional/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/x64/"

which is equivalent to

"${VS_TOOLSET_PATH}/bin/Host${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE}/${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_ARCHITECTURE}/"

is it possible to export e.g. CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH from the toolchain, so the right version of nmake can be found?

[MarkSchofield]

It's not clear to me what the 'right thing' to do is: should a toolchain update CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH, or should it just have documented properties it sets, to allow consumers to update CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH if they want to..? #99 would benefit from a documented path to VS.

[aboelens]

For programs that are always at a fixed location, it makes sense to me to let the user set CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH. However, in the case of nmake, the path changes depending on the compiler that is used, which is set by the toolchain.

[MarkSchofield]

Fixed with #119.