useCMakeServer option no longer respected

[OXINARF]

Brief Issue Summary

The useCMakeServer option is no longer respected, although it is still a valid option.

Expected:

Either the option is removed (and, if currently set to false, it is transitioned to "legacy" in the new cmakeCommunicationMode option) or the option is respected.

Platform and Versions

• Operating System: Windows, with SSH extension on Linux
• CMake Version: 3.10.3
• VSCode Version: 1.42.0
• CMake Tools Extension Version: 1.3.0
• Compiler/Toolchain: GCC 7.4.0

[andreeis]

We deprecated the useCMakeServer setting in release 1.3.0 and we are going to remove it completely in 1.4.
However, it should still work. What is the scenario when it is not respected?

[OXINARF]

@andreeis Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

We deprecated the useCMakeServer setting in release 1.3.0

Is that documented anywhere? I couldn't find it but maybe I missed it.

However, it should still work. What is the scenario when it is not respected?

I had useCMakeServer set to false and that's not respected anymore.

Looking at the change that introduced File API (0b55e5b), it shows that "conversion" is only done when useCMakeServer is set to true, which doesn't make much sense since that was the default before 1.3.0...

[bobbrow]

Yes, it was an oversight. We'd be interested to understand why you prefer legacy mode over server and file api modes though.

[OXINARF]

@bobbrow Not exactly my choice. I'm using a SDK and the included CMake doesn't support file API and server mode gives an error (I couldn't find out exactly why).

[bobbrow]

Is the SDK available online, or is it proprietary?

[OXINARF]

Unfortunately it's proprietary. I'm not sure it is CMake Tools fault that server mode doesn't work, but I couldn't find a log that said what command it is trying to run - is it written somewhere?

[bobbrow]

You can enable trace logging with the cmake.loggingLevel setting. And then logs will appear in the Output Window when you select the "CMake/Build" channel in the dropdown box.

[andreeis]

CMake Tools 1.4.0 Beta is available on GitHub.
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/releases/tag/1.4.0-beta

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any issues.

[OXINARF]

@bobbrow Sorry for the big delay, the "new world" started and I completely forgot about this. In the meanwhile, I've been able to make server mode work (it was SDK's fault), but the cmake.loggingLevel wasn't useful as it doesn't display the executed commands - I've tried all debug/trace/logging options and none would output it.

@andreeis @bobbrow The fix inserted by #1218 was to remove the setting, which is good, but doesn't really fix this issue because the warning (and setting communicationMode accordingly) only happens when useCMakeServer is set to true - this issue is exactly about the opposite case, when it is set to false.