# Site Feedback

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## [Discourse blocked my question](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/discourse-blocked-my-question/5465)

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**Author:** [@mschorm](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/mschorm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/discourse-blocked-my-question/5465 "2022-04-14T14:34:43Z")

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I’ve just asked a long complicated question titled: “CMake ‘-s’ argument - recent change in behaviour” but the Discourse blocked it. And I can´t post it again !! as it it “too similar to what I recently posted”. I re…

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## [Caught in akismet spam trap?](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/caught-in-akismet-spam-trap/5111)

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**Author:** [@sporksmith](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/sporksmith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/caught-in-akismet-spam-trap/5111 "2022-02-24T20:00:05Z")

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I registered yesterday and posted a question / bug-report with title “Property PROCESSOR\_AFFINITY has no effect”. I got a notification “Akismet has temporarily hidden your post”. It says it’s in a moderation queue, but I…

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## [apt.kitware.com arm32 cmake package dependency error](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/apt-kitware-com-arm32-cmake-package-dependency-error/4522)

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**Author:** [@Guy](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Guy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/apt-kitware-com-arm32-cmake-package-dependency-error/4522 "2021-11-23T09:42:09Z")

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Hello, First, sorry for posting here by default, feel free to redirect me if this is not the optimal place. I’ve been enjoying using .deb cmake packages from https://apt.kitware.com for a while to get up to date versio…

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## [cmake tar.gz downloads aren't valid](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-tar-gz-downloads-arent-valid/4516)

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**Author:** [@Adobe-Android](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Adobe-Android)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-tar-gz-downloads-arent-valid/4516 "2021-11-21T18:35:05Z")

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Tar is unable to extract the cmake-.\*\*..tar.gz file. Whether you specify with tar xzf or just tar xf doesn’t make a difference. Tested with 3.22 and 3.21 downloads

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## [More tags?](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/more-tags/4410)

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**Author:** [@erlendaasland](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/erlendaasland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/more-tags/4410 "2021-11-03T13:28:46Z")

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There are currently Discourse tags for OS, programming language, and CMake generators. Suggesting to also add tags for…: The CMake tools: cmake, ctest, cpack. (Possibly prefixed with tool:?) CPack generators: cpack:deb,…

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## [Link to SSCCE to improve question quality](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/link-to-sscce-to-improve-question-quality/4369)

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**Author:** [@buildSystemPerson](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/buildSystemPerson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/link-to-sscce-to-improve-question-quality/4369 "2021-11-01T17:02:08Z")

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Lots of time people will have a question/bug. However, it’s basically impossible to figure out what’s going wrong with their code. It would really help if users were told to make a SSCCE. Ideally we create a better fe…

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## [Delete my account](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/delete-my-account/2133)

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**Author:** [@anon64994923](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/anon64994923)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/delete-my-account/2133 "2021-10-26T14:30:07Z")

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I actually hates all these web interfaces. I would prefer to use common mailing list. But I needed to ask a question. Since question is asked and answered, I would like to have nothing in common with this forum. So ple…

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## [The Official CMake Tutorial Is Intimidating](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/the-official-cmake-tutorial-is-intimidating/2606)

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**Author:** [@YMba9g8j9CJp0wLoQf5y](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/YMba9g8j9CJp0wLoQf5y)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/the-official-cmake-tutorial-is-intimidating/2606 "2021-06-18T15:22:57Z")

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https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/index.html#id1 I’m trying to get my company to transition to using CMake. I have found the official CMake tutorial to be intimidating to new users of CMake. (By the wa…

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## [Gitlab: cannot enable notification](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gitlab-cannot-enable-notification/3544)

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**Author:** [@jtxa](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/jtxa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gitlab-cannot-enable-notification/3544 "2021-06-10T19:01:14Z")

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In the past I could manually enable notifications on issues that I’m interested in. This feature seems to be disabled: If I move the mouse over the slider a red sign appears. Was this disabled on purpose or accidentall…

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## [Can't sign up to gitlab.kitware.com to report a bug](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cant-sign-up-to-gitlab-kitware-com-to-report-a-bug/3432)

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**Author:** [@jimmy1578](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/jimmy1578)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cant-sign-up-to-gitlab-kitware-com-to-report-a-bug/3432 "2021-05-28T15:39:04Z")

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Hi, I wanted to report what I think is a bug, but if I try to sign up for an account at gitlab.kitware.com I just get an error There was an error with the reCAPTCHA. Please solve the reCAPTCHA again.. There is no reCAP…

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## [Downloads Page](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/downloads-page/2153)

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**Author:** [@Rausch\_Sebastian](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Rausch_Sebastian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/downloads-page/2153 "2020-11-11T13:48:01Z")

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Hi, you have surely been notified, that the CMake downloads page is currently displaying: “Error establishing a database connection” If not, you are welcome J Viele Grüße Sebastian

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## [Add cmake.org as a search engine?](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-cmake-org-as-a-search-engine/1596)

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**Author:** [@anon45792294](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/anon45792294)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/add-cmake-org-as-a-search-engine/1596 "2020-07-29T20:03:22Z")

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I often need to look stuff up in cmake. It would be really nice if I could add cmake as a search engine in my browser. Example: cppreference.com (https://en.cppreference.com/w/Main\_Page) offers this functionality an…

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## [\[solved\] light theme is too dark](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/solved-light-theme-is-too-dark/1409)

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**Author:** [@hex](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hex)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/solved-light-theme-is-too-dark/1409 "2020-06-19T12:25:19Z")

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I chose the light theme on the mobile app for this forum. I find it very uncomfortable to read. the light theme is very dark, only a tiny bit lighter then the dark theme.

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## [Provide more tags](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/provide-more-tags/1395)

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**Author:** [@hex](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hex)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/provide-more-tags/1395 "2020-06-15T09:59:29Z")

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Current tagging system is too restricted. Please add the possibility to create more tags to narrow topic subscriptions.

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## [Email replies truncated at code fences with tildes](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/email-replies-truncated-at-code-fences-with-tildes/743)

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**Author:** [@airwin](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/airwin)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/email-replies-truncated-at-code-fences-with-tildes/743 "2020-03-03T12:47:16Z")

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I just now used email to reply to some CMake discourse code traffic, and used the above common markdown command (that certainly works when hand-posting to CMake discourse) to surround text that was to be taken literally…

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## [CMake discourse mailing-list mode incorrectly personally addresses all email](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-discourse-mailing-list-mode-incorrectly-personally-addresses-all-email/738)

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**Author:** [@airwin](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/airwin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-discourse-mailing-list-mode-incorrectly-personally-addresses-all-email/738 "2020-03-02T14:05:46Z")

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My mailer software (alpine in this case) makes the important distinction between personal email and list server email, and I assume that is also true of other mailer software. And the cmake and cmake-devel mailing li…

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## [Message hidden because considered SPAM?](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/message-hidden-because-considered-spam/301)

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**Author:** [@erk](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/erk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/message-hidden-because-considered-spam/301 "2019-12-02T18:42:53Z")

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HI there, Three messages I posted recently were “hidden” because considered as SPAM? with explanation like: Hello, This is an automated message from CMake Discourse to let you know that your post was hidden. Your po…

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## [About the Site Feedback category](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2)

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**Author:** [@kwrobot](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/kwrobot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2 "2018-08-28T19:32:05Z")

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