[cmake-developers] [CMake] Support for multiple components in cpack

[Clinton Stimpson]

On Aug 6, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Eric Noulard wrote:

> 2010/8/6 Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com>:
>> 
>> If I'm not using groups when creating an NSIS generator, do I have to make
>> groups to get a single .tar.gz with selected components with TGZ generator?
>> 
>> Could the flag be changed to work on components instead of only groups?  It
>> seems one would get the same behavior either way and not be required to make
>> groups.
>> 
>> Having the flag work that way would allow me to add only one line in a
>> CMakeLists.txt of an existing project to keep the old behavior, without
>> having to add groups, and allow me to go through and simplify the cmake
>> code.
> 
> As always with computer program, this could be done :-)
> May be we can give this "expected" meaning to the same if there is no group.
> i.e.
> CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL_GROUPS_IN_ONE_PACKAGE=1
> 
> would make all components in the same package if there is no group defined.
> If there is some group defined then go back to current behavior.
> 
> The alternative is to define a new:
> 
> CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL_COMPONENTS_IN_ONE_PACKAGE=1
> 
> what do you think?
> 

What about simply CPACK_COMPONENTS_ONE_PACKAGE ?

Clint