CMake on linux givs error cc1plus: error: too many filenames given - c++

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EDIT 1: verbose make output now included in error, see below as well
I'm currently trying to compile a C++ project with CMake from a different laptop than the one I had been working on before. When I run make after the CMake configuration is done (withouth errors) I get the following error:
$ make
/usr/bin/cmake -S/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel -B/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_start /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build/CMakeFiles /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build//CMakeFiles/progress.marks
make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 all
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
make -f CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/depend
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
cd /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build && /usr/bin/cmake -E
cmake_depends "Unix Makefiles" /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel
/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-
panel/build /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-
panel/build/CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/DependInfo.cmake --color=
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
make -f CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/build
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
[ 6%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.o
/usr/bin/c++ -DSIMULATION -I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/include
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/src
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/lib
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/lib/websocketpp
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/lib/rapidjson/include
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/lib/WiringPi/wiringPi
-Wall -Wextra -o3 -std=gnu++11 -MD -MT
CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.o
-MF CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.o.d
-o CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.o
-c /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp
cc1plus: error: too many filenames given; type ‘cc1plus --help’ for usage
cc1plus: fatal error: CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.d: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/build.make:79: CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/lib/socket.io-client-cpp/src/sio_client.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:175: CMakeFiles/sio_client.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build'
make: *** [Makefile:94: all] Error 2
On the old laptop the code compiles without a problem (Ubuntu 16), so it must be independent of the code. On this laptop I have Arch installed, which means I have much newer versions of all of the installed compilers and programs. Boost libraries are requried in my project but it seems to fail even before it gets to the point where it starts compiling and linking that so I don't think it's really relevant. I'm including it only for the sake of completeness.
Ubuntu 16:
CMake: 3.15.4
Make: 4.1
g++/gcc: 5.4.0
libboost 1.68.0
Arch:
CMake: 3.21.2
Make: 4.2
g++/gcc: 11.1.0
libboost 1.76.0
I'm not sure this is the reason however, since the only issue I found on the internet that is similar to this has to do with the mingw installation path on Windows, which is certainly not the issue I seem to be facing.
CMake output:
cmake .. -DSIMULATION=TRUE
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.1.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.1.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
Using simulated temperature data...
-- Found Boost: /usr/lib64/cmake/Boost-1.76.0/BoostConfig.cmake (found version "1.76.0") found components: system
-- Linking against boost shared libraries
-- location of boost libraries
-- Boost::system
-- Looking for pthread.h
-- Looking for pthread.h - found
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Failed
-- Check if compiler accepts -pthread
-- Check if compiler accepts -pthread - yes
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Linking SIMULATION
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-control-panel/build
An interesting fact I have observed is that on the Arch laptop the checks for working C/CXX compilers are skipped whereas they aren't for the Ubuntu laptop. However, I am able to compile programs with gcc/g++ so they must in principle be working.
I've never encountered this problem before, and it's not something that a quick search seems to be able to resolve. I'm hoping someone may have had some experience with this at some point and could point me in the right direction. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, however.
EDIT
#Stephen Newell thank you very much for your comment, I wasn't aware of this trick! (I'm still somewhat new to using make/cmake.)
Okay so I think I've narrowed it down to this: when running the same CMakeLists.txt on both systems they produce varying compilation commands:
Ubuntu 16:
/usr/bin/c++ -DSIMULATION
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/include
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/src
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib -I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib/websocketpp
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib/rapidjson/include
-Wall -Wextra -o3 -std=gnu++11
-o CMakeFiles/PIDController.dir/src/PIDController.cpp.o
-c /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/src/PIDController.cpp
Arch:
/usr/bin/c++ -DSIMULATION
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/include
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/src
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib/websocketpp
-I/home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/lib/rapidjson/include
-Wall -Wextra -o3 -std=gnu++11
-MT CMakeFiles/PIDController.dir/src/PIDController.cpp.o
-MF CMakeFiles/PIDController.dir/src/PIDController.cpp.o.d
-o CMakeFiles/PIDController.dir/src/PIDController.cpp.o
-c /home/luc/coding/hiwi/peltier-heater/src/PIDController.cpp
Notice the -MF and -MT flags. If I pass the Ubuntu command in the build folder on my Arch system it compiles without error (though obviously it only does that specific step)
Is there any reason in particular why these flags are being generated on one system but not on the other? Can (and should) I turn them off? Or should I maybe change some configuration in my CMakeLists.txt to correct for this?