FIX: fix the problem where a target is a single character and nmake gets confused and add a test for it

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Tests/Complex/Executable/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Complex/Executable/CMakeLists.txt
index 26626a6f78..093ba916b7 100644
--- a/Tests/Complex/Executable/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/Complex/Executable/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LINK_DIRECTORIES(${Complex_BINARY_DIR}/../../Source/kwsys)
 SET(COMPLEX_LIBS CMakeTestLibrary;CMakeTestLibraryShared;CMakeTestCLibraryShared)
 LINK_LIBRARIES(${COMPLEX_LIBS})
 
-
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(A A.cxx)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(complex complex)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(complex.file complex.file.cxx)
 IF (UNIX)
diff --git a/Tests/Complex/Executable/complex.cxx b/Tests/Complex/Executable/complex.cxx
index adf99d7c3d..441a2910d3 100644
--- a/Tests/Complex/Executable/complex.cxx
+++ b/Tests/Complex/Executable/complex.cxx
@@ -111,7 +111,35 @@ int main()
   lib += CMAKE_INTDIR;
   lib += "/";
 #endif
+  std::string exe = lib;
 
+  // Test a single character executable to test a: in makefiles
+  exe += "A";
+  exe += cmSystemTools::GetExecutableExtension();
+  int ret;
+  std::string errorMessage;
+  if(cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(exe.c_str(), 0, &ret))
+    {
+    if(ret != 10)
+      {
+      errorMessage += exe;
+      errorMessage += " did not return 10";
+      }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    errorMessage += exe;
+    errorMessage += ": failed to run.";
+    }
+  if(errorMessage.size())
+    {
+    cmFailed(errorMessage.c_str());
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    cmPassed("run Single Character executable A returned 10 as expected.");
+    }
+  
   lib += cmDynamicLoader::LibPrefix();
   lib += "CMakeTestModule";
   lib += cmDynamicLoader::LibExtension();