VS 2022 - CMake generation restarts randomly

Ed Llewellyn 40 Reputation points
2023-03-31T18:46:02.5466667+00:00

I'm using VS 2022 to compile remotely on a Linux machine. When I change the CMakeLists.txt or CMakeSettings.json file for my project, CMake will re-generate the CMakeCache.txt.

That's fine, except most times it generates it, says it done, and restarts the generation again. The automatic re-generation can happen up to 6 times or more.

Why is it doing this? There's nothing in the logs I can see that would cause it to restart the CMakeCache.txt regeneration.

For the Linux machine I'm using an in-house device that we will be testing on. I'm not using WSL for instance.

How do I get the random restarts to stop? I've noticed that things don't work when the target Linux machine's clock isn't synchronized with my PC clock, but I've synced it to no avail!

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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 25,891 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-04-03T03:46:10.7166667+00:00

    Hi @Ed Llewellyn , 

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

    Visual Studio does regenerate the cache when you save edits to CMakeLists.txt or CMakeSettings.json. If you're using an Existing Cache configuration, then Visual Studio doesn't modify the cache.

    For information on how to open an Existing Cache configuration, please refer to: Open an existing cache. 

    Sincerely,

    Anna

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  2. Ed Llewellyn 40 Reputation points
    2023-04-21T21:49:25.9766667+00:00

    This answer doesn't help me - I know that changing the CMakeLists.txt or the CMakeJsonSettings.json file will trigger a CMake re-generation. My question is why it'll regenerate over and over again without an errors being displayed. Like it somehow gets out of sync or has timing issues.

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