[cmake-developers] [CPackDeb] empty directories in packages

[Rolf Eike Beer]

Domen Vrankar wrote:
>> I was looking at this issue
>> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13009
>> 
>> and apparently it is not possible to install empty directories (I just
>> tested).
>> 
>> I believe that it should be possible to do that (even if there are 
>> better
>> ways like postinst).
>> What is your opinion?
> 
> I agree. This is also an issue on other packaging generators (e.g. tar 
> gz)
> 
>> The attached patch addresses this (and adds the corresponding test). 
>> It is
>> based on my previous patch
>> "0001-CPackDeb-preventing-md5sum-on-symlinks.patch".
> 
> Thanks, applied to next for testing:
> http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commit;h=47b060
> 
> Your patch only fixed the issue for component packaging so I extended
> it to non component packaging as well. This also fixes the issue for
> other generators:
> http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commit;h=b58de9f

You left a commented out line in Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx.

Greetings,

Eike
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