[CMake] [CPack] Generated package description file.

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Fri Mar 28 11:42:47 EDT 2008


Nicolas Desprès wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Nicolas Desprès wrote:
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  > In my project, I generate the readme file that I use as package
>>  > description file in cpack. In my top CMakeLists.txt I have:
>>  >
>>  > set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE ${README_FILE})
>>  > include(CPack)
>>  >
>>  > When I run cmake, it complains that my file does not exist... Can't we
>>  > disable this test? Is there any work around except writting my own
>>  > CPack.cmake?
>>  >
>>
>>  I don't get it, why does the file not exist?
>>
> 
> Sorry, for being unclear.
> 
> It doesn't exists at configuration time because I build it at build
> time. It gets built when the users start make not cmake. I use
> ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND to build it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
OK, I see the problem.   Can you create a bug report for this.  I guess 
that could be pushed to cpack time, and not cmake time.

-Bill



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