[CMake] cpack bundle generator qq

[Mike Arthur]

On Friday 16 January 2009 16:01:55 Clinton Stimpson wrote:
> I've already done this, so when I do a "make install," I get all my
> bundles with install names fixed, with prerequisites, etc...  It works
> fine with CPack/PackageMaker generator which also makes the top level
> folder to contain all the apps, so it installs nicely except for a root
> ownership problem.  But it doesn't work with the CPack/Bundle generator
> since it tries to re-bundle the bundles that I've already got.  I guess
> I could take the last two easy steps, make the /Applications link and
> the dmg myself.  Seems to me those two steps is all the cpack bundle
> generator needs to be doing, and the rest of the work of creating the
> bundle be done by the "make install" step.  No?  Maybe a new cpack/dmg
> generator that just takes what make install gives, optionally adds a
> softlink such as /Applications, and makes a dmg?
There are three methods of making Bundles in CMake, you need to make sure you 
are only using one at a time. I'm guess you've set the MACOSX_BUNDLE parameter 
on your executable to cause this behaviour.

The Bundle generator was written from outside of CMake and I agree it could do 
with a bit of a consistency cleanup. You can, however, get it working fine with 
a bit of work, my employers OSX packages use the CMake Bundle generator 
(http://www.mendeley.com)

> I was impressed that what I had done to make a nice NSIS installer also
> worked just fine with PackageMaker.  I like that consistency.  I didn't
> see that with the bundle generator.
Yeh, as I say, it needs a bit of work and to do a few more checks to stop you 
shooting yourself in the foot.


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Cheers,
Mike Arthur
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