Build fails when using the Green Hills MULTI generator

[fdk17]

Brief Issue Summary

The default target for gbuild and Green Hills MULTI should be ALL_BUILD, not all. ALL_BUILD is the same Utility target used by Visual Studio generators.

[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: /opt/cmake/bin/cmake --build /home/XXX/Projects/bin_dir --config Debug --target all -j 6 --
[build] Building all.tgt.gpj
[build] Could not find: all.tgt.gpj within: amcs_oe_sdk.top.gpj
[build] Not all requested files were built. Skipped: all.tgt.gpj
[build] Done

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[Amy-Li03]

Hi @fdk17, thanks for reporting issue here!
After reading the above information, there are a few questions need to confirm with you:

1. Does this issue only occur when using the Green Hills MULTI generator? Is it possible to build successfully with other generators (e.g. Ninja)?
2. Can this issue be reproduced on a simple project? If not, please provide us with a sample project.
3. This issue occurs after using the cmake:build command in VS code.

[fdk17]

1. It only happens with the Green Hills MULTI generator. Ninja and others work fine to the best of my knowledge.
2. Yes, any simple project will show the issue.
3. Correct, the issue occurs when using cmake:build or F7 when the build target is all or the Utility target ALL_BUILD is chosen.

Refer to #3 and d76e047 on how the problem was fixed for Visual Studio generators, then again for XCode in 047c918. This function should also return 'ALL_BUILD' when the generator is 'Green Hills MULTI'.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/blob/0b8ebcfdb1077e59b1037be913f37be7e719254b/src/drivers/cmakeDriver.ts#L903C1-L910C6

    get allTargetName(): string {
        const gen = this.generatorName;
        if (gen && (gen.includes('Visual Studio') || gen.toLowerCase().includes('xcode'))) {
            return 'ALL_BUILD';
        } else {
            return 'all';
        }
    }

[fdk17]

Essentially, the build command should be

/opt/cmake/bin/cmake --build /home/XXX/Projects/bin_dir --config Debug --target ALL_BUILD -j 6 --

[Amy-Li03]

@fdk17 thanks for your detailed investigation.
That would be great if you can create a PR, we are always happy to receive contributions from the community.

@gcampbell-msft FYI.

[fdk17]

@Amy-Li03 Is there a getting started guide detailed enough for an absolute beginner? I've not sure what a .ts file is or how I would get VS Code to use my changes.