CPack productbuild Generator

productbuild CPack generator (macOS).

Variables specific to CPack productbuild generator

The following variable is specific to installers built on Mac macOS using ProductBuild:

CPACK_COMMAND_PRODUCTBUILD

Path to the productbuild(1) command used to generate a product archive for the macOS Installer or Mac App Store. This variable can be used to override the automatically detected command (or specify its location if the auto-detection fails to find it).

CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_IDENTITY_NAME

Adds a digital signature to the resulting package.

CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_KEYCHAIN_PATH

Specify a specific keychain to search for the signing identity.

CPACK_COMMAND_PKGBUILD

Path to the pkgbuild(1) command used to generate an macOS component package on macOS. This variable can be used to override the automatically detected command (or specify its location if the auto-detection fails to find it).

CPACK_PKGBUILD_IDENTITY_NAME

Adds a digital signature to the resulting package.

CPACK_PKGBUILD_KEYCHAIN_PATH

Specify a specific keychain to search for the signing identity.

CPACK_PREFLIGHT_<COMP>_SCRIPT

Full path to a file that will be used as the preinstall script for the named <COMP> component’s package, where <COMP> is the uppercased component name. No preinstall script is added if this variable is not defined for a given component.

CPACK_POSTFLIGHT_<COMP>_SCRIPT

Full path to a file that will be used as the postinstall script for the named <COMP> component’s package, where <COMP> is the uppercased component name. No postinstall script is added if this variable is not defined for a given component.

CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_RESOURCES_DIR

If specified the productbuild generator copies files from this directory (including subdirectories) to the Resources directory. This is done before the CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_WELCOME, CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README, and CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE files are copied.