Ninja is used as a default generator #2598
Description
Brief Issue Summary
After recent VSCode update to 1.68.0 and CMake tools extension to v1.11.25 my configuration step stopped working. The problem is that now it passes -G Ninja option even though cmake.generator option is empty.
CMake Tools Diagnostics
{
"os": "linux",
"vscodeVersion": "1.68.0",
"cmtVersion": "1.11.25",
"configurations": [
{
"folder": "/home/my/private/path",
"cmakeVersion": "3.20.3",
"configured": true,
"generator": "Unix Makefiles",
"usesPresets": false,
"compilers": {
"C": "/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/gcc",
"CXX": "/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/g++"
}
}
],
"cpptoolsIntegration": {
"isReady": false,
"hasCodeModel": false,
"activeBuildType": "",
"buildTypesSeen": [],
"requests": [],
"responses": [],
"partialMatches": [],
"targetCount": 0,
"executablesCount": 0,
"librariesCount": 0,
"targets": []
},
"settings": [
{
"communicationMode": "automatic",
"useCMakePresets": "auto",
"configureOnOpen": false
}
]
}Debug Log
[main] Configuring folder: backend
[main] Saving open files before configure/build
[driver] Start configure
[driver] Running pre-configure checks and steps
[driver] Using compilers in GCC 6.3 for configure
[cmakefileapi-driver] Configuring using kit
[cmakefileapi-driver] Invoking CMake /home/user/bin/cmake with arguments ["--no-warn-unused-cli","-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE","-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug","-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/gcc","-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/g++","-S/home/my/private/dir","-B/home/my/private/dir/build_Debug","-G","Ninja"]
[proc] Executing command: /home/user/bin/cmake --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/gcc-6.3.0/bin/g++ -S/home/my/private/dir -B/home/my/private/dir/build_Debug -G Ninja
[cmake] Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
[cmake] CMake Error: Error: generator : Ninja
[cmake] Does not match the generator used previously: Unix Makefiles
[cmake] Either remove the CMakeCache.txt file and CMakeFiles directory or choose a different binary directory.
[extension] [1620] cmake.configure finished (returned 1)Additional Information
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