[CMake] cmake -E tar using bzip2 compression

[Luigi Calori]

Hugh Sorby wrote:
> I have been hanging out for 2.8.1 because I needed this feature to
> provide seamless integration with our current build system.  On testing
> yesterday no dice I couldn't decompress a bzip2 archive.  I even looked
> through the source code but couldn't find it.
>   
It would be nice to have native uncompressing in cmake, but if you can 
stand to use external bunzip2 exec,
try this
http://3d.cineca.it/storage/bazaar_repo/CmakeDeps/lib/wt/CMakeModules/ExternalProject.cmake
it should work for files like .tar.bz2 if you have bunzip2 executable

HTH

Luigi
> I feel I have missed the boat on this one but I don't know why.  Any
> further information on this would be great.
>
> Hugh
>
> On 13/11/09 05:27, Bill Hoffman wrote:
>   
>> Kelly T. Kirk (CISD/CIV) wrote:
>>     
>>>  > Hugh Sorby wrote:
>>>  >> Hi,
>>>  >>
>>>  >> I am using CMake 2.6 and I would like to be able to decompress bz2
>>>  >> files.  Is it possible to add bz2 compression to the tar command (or
>>>  >> even better is it already there?).  I was hoping to do something like
>>>  >> cmake -E tar xjf my_really_cool_source_files.tar.bz2
>>>  >>
>>>  >> I have looked but didn't find it, which certainly doesn't rule out
>>> the
>>>  >> fact that it is already there.
>>>  >>
>>>  >
>>>  > That is in CVS CMake, but not in a release yet. (Not even 2.8.0.)
>>>  >
>>>  > -Bill
>>>
>>> How about tar.bz2 to work with ExternalProject_Add Module?
>>>
>>>       
>> It will be in 2.8.1.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>>     
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