[CMake] Generating source code packages with Windows line endings

[Bill Hoffman]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> On 2008-06-23 12:45-0400 David Cole wrote:
>>
>>> The Windows source package is built on Windows with Windows tools.
>>> Similarly for the Unix source package.
>>
>> That procedure obviously works for the CMake release manager, but in 
>> my case
>> it won't work since I don't have access to Windows.  From your 
>> response it
>> also sounds like line endings are not something CPack handles at the 
>> moment
>> so if I decide to make a Windows line-ending source release I will do it
>> with the available Unix tools.
>>
>> The remaining questions concern whether it is the usual thing for Windows
>> users to be able to figure out line endings on their own? Do the CMake
>> developers consider their separate source release with Windows 
>> line-endings
>> a minor courtesy, major courtesy, or a necessity for their Windows 
>> users? Or
>> in retrospect is it just confusing to users to have source package 
>> versions
>> with different line endings?
>>
> 
> There are some windows tools that do not like Windows line-endings.  It 
> is better these days, but you still run into them (as you just found 
> out).   I don't think this is something that cpack will ever do by itself.
> 
opps... I mean some windows tools that do not like unix line-endings...

-Bill

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