Confusing error message and inappropriate followup action when CUDA compiler is missing

Using CMake 3.29.0-rc1.

With the following list file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
project(foo CUDA)

and invoking:

$ cmake -B build -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=/usr/local/cuda-12.34.no-such-version/bin/nvcc

I see this:

-- The CUDA compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at /opt/versions/cmake/3.29.0-rc1/share/cmake-3.29/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake:266 (message):
  Failed to detect a default CUDA architecture.



  Compiler output:

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:2 (project)

This is a poor combination of error messages:

• The first line suggest a CUDA compiler does exist, but is just of "unknown identification" - which is not the case, it's simply not at the specified path.
• The second warning suggests some kind of procedure was undertaken to detect the default CUDA architecture, but actually, it wasn't, since that procedure requires a CUDA compiler, which isn't there

instead, I expect to be told that the CUDA compiler was not found; and then, I expect CMake not try to detect the CUDA architecture, given that CMake knows that the detection requires the CUDA compiler.