Make a common function that prints the status during the checks for working compilers. Call it from all of the CMakeTesten_US.UTF-8Compiler.cmake files. In the message, print the full path to the tested compiler only for the Makefile generators. For Xcode and Visual Studio generators, print the generator instead so that users are not misled with the full path to a compiler that the generator may not even use. Xcode and Visual Studio have their own mechanisms for choosing the compiler to use during try_compile and build...

Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 # (To distributed this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
 #  License text for the above reference.)
 
+INCLUDE(CMakeTestCompilerCommon)
+
 # This file is used by EnableLanguage in cmGlobalGenerator to
 # determine that that selected C compiler can actually compile
 # and link the most basic of programs.   If not, a fatal error
 # is set and cmake stops processing commands and will not generate
 # any makefiles or projects.
 IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("C" "")
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
     "#ifdef __cplusplus\n"
     "# error \"The CMAKE_C_COMPILER is set to a C++ compiler\"\n"
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -- broken")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("C" " -- broken")
   FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the C compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 ELSE(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS)
   IF(C_TEST_WAS_RUN)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working C compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -- works")
+    PrintTestCompilerStatus("C" " -- works")
     FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
       "Determining if the C compiler works passed with "
       "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n") 

Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 # (To distributed this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
 #  License text for the above reference.)
 
+INCLUDE(CMakeTestCompilerCommon)
+
 # This file is used by EnableLanguage in cmGlobalGenerator to
 # determine that that selected C++ compiler can actually compile
 # and link the most basic of programs.   If not, a fatal error
 # is set and cmake stops processing commands and will not generate
 # any makefiles or projects.
 IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("CXX" "")
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/testCXXCompiler.cxx 
     "#ifndef __cplusplus\n"
     "# error \"The CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER is set to a C compiler\"\n"
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -- broken")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("CXX" " -- broken")
   # if the compiler is broken make sure to remove the platform file
   # since Windows-cl configures both c/cxx files both need to be removed
   # when c or c++ fails
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 ELSE(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
   IF(CXX_TEST_WAS_RUN)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -- works")
+    PrintTestCompilerStatus("CXX" " -- works")
     FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
       "Determining if the CXX compiler works passed with "
       "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")

Modules/CMakeTestCompilerCommon.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2010 Kitware, Inc.
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+# (To distributed this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
+#  License text for the above reference.)
+
+function(PrintTestCompilerStatus LANG MSG)
+  IF(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES Make)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working ${LANG} compiler: ${CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER}${MSG}")
+  ELSE()
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working ${LANG} compiler using: ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}${MSG}")
+  ENDIF()
+endfunction()

Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 # (To distributed this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
 #  License text for the above reference.)
 
+INCLUDE(CMakeTestCompilerCommon)
+
 # This file is used by EnableLanguage in cmGlobalGenerator to
 # determine that that selected Fortran compiler can actually compile
 # and link the most basic of programs.   If not, a fatal error
 # is set and cmake stops processing commands and will not generate
 # any makefiles or projects.
 IF(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working Fortran compiler: ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER}")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("Fortran" "")
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/testFortranCompiler.f "
         PROGRAM TESTFortran
         PRINT *, 'Hello'
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working Fortran compiler: ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER} -- broken")
+  PrintTestCompilerStatus("Fortran" "  -- broken")
   FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Determining if the Fortran compiler works failed with "
     "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
     "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
 ELSE(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_WORKS)
   IF(FORTRAN_TEST_WAS_RUN)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working Fortran compiler: ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER} -- works")
+    PrintTestCompilerStatus("Fortran" "  -- works")
     FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
       "Determining if the Fortran compiler works passed with "
       "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")