[cmake-developers] CPack IFW generator

[Nils Gladitz]

On 09.07.2014 19:30, Konstantin Podsvirov wrote:
> Hello dear developers!
>
> And again CPack IFW generator!!!
>
> This generator is not part of CMake, but I hope that soon it will become possible.
>
> This letter I once again want to awaken interest in the creation of new cross-platform
> the binary installer is based on Qt Framework Installer tools (http://qt-project.org/doc/qtinstallerframework/index.html)
>
> (Sorry for my English. I use a translator)
>
> I already appeared here some time ago:
> http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/cmake-developers/2014-May/010430.html
>
> I received some recommendations and considered them.
>
> With each commit generator becomes better.
>
> As before you can clone the code for the study:
> git clone git://podsvirov.pro/cmake/cpackifwgenerator.git
>
> Or check out the code in your browser:
> http://git.podsvirov.pro/?p=cmake/cpackifwgenerator.git;a=summary
>
> In the Wiki I found an example of creating a binary instalatorow:
> http://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:Component_Install_With_CPack
>
> My generator also copes with this task. Here's how it looks in Linux and Windows:
> http://ifw.podsvirov.pro/cmake/cpackifw-componentexample-linux.png
> http://ifw.podsvirov.pro/cmake/cpackifw-componentexample-windows.png
>
> I strive to create the binary installer CMake using a new generator. I already have the achievements.
> Created installers produce the set of all that was specified in the install(...)but do not create shortcuts.
> Version of CMake (CPack IFW generator) collected them available for Linux and Windows now:
> http://ifw.podsvirov.pro/cmake/cmake-3.0.20140709-ifw-linux-i686.run
> http://ifw.podsvirov.pro/cmake/cmake-3.0.20140709-ifw-windows-x64.exe
> http://ifw.podsvirov.pro/cmake/cmake-3.0.20140709-ifw-windows-x86.exe
>
> Please test these installers and write your comments.

Hello again :)

Some stuff that remains from my earlier observations:
- Lot of commented out code that should be removed.
- Unescaped XML content from CMake variables.

Some other random stuff I noticed:
- CPACK_IFW_BINARYCREATOR_EXECUTABLE_FOUND seems redundant given that
find_program() already encodes this in the cache variable.

- In the CMake coding conventions class members start upper case.

I tried building a CMake installer with the generator again but it 
failed with:
   Caught exception: Component version for 
'/home/ngladitz/src/git/cpackifwgenerator/build/_CPack_Packages/Linux-x86_64/IFW/cmake-3.0.20140709-gd078a-Linux-x86_64/packages/CMake/meta/package.xml' 
is invalid! <Version>3.0.20140709-gd078a</Version>

Nils