[CMake] CPack and RPM packages

[Laszlo Papp]

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Well, first I cannot build :)

cd /home/meego/gluon/build/core && /usr/bin/c++
-DMAKE_GLUON_CORE_LIB -Wall -Wno-psabi -Wall -g3 -ggdb -O0 -Wno-psabi
-fPIC -I/home/meego/gluon -I/home/meego/gluon/build
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtDesigner -I/usr/include/qt4/QtDeclarative
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtScriptTools -I/usr/include/qt4/QtDBus
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtXml -I/usr/include/qt4/QtSql
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtOpenGL -I/usr/include/qt4/QtNetwork
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtXmlPatterns -I/usr/include/qt4/QtHelp
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtUiTools -I/usr/include/qt4/QtTest
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtScript -I/usr/include/qt4/QtSvg
-I/usr/include/qt4/QtGui -I/usr/share/qt4/mkspecs/default
-I/usr/include/qt4 -I/usr/include/qt4/QtCore
-I/home/meego/gluon/build/core -I/home/meego/gluon/core   -o
CMakeFiles/GluonCore.dir/debughelper.cpp.o -c
/home/meego/gluon/core/debughelper.cpp
/tmp/cc9jVmy7.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cc9jVmy7.s:8659: Error: selected processor does not support `ldrex r4,[r3]'
/tmp/cc9jVmy7.s:8661: Error: selected processor does not support
`strex r5,r4,[r3]'
/tmp/cc9jVmy7.s:8711: Error: selected processor does not support `ldrex r4,[r3]'
/tmp/cc9jVmy7.s:8713: Error: selected processor does not support
`strex r5,r4,[r3]'
make[2]: *** [core/CMakeFiles/GluonCore.dir/debughelper.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/meego/gluon/build'
make[1]: *** [core/CMakeFiles/GluonCore.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/meego/gluon/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have been said by Thiago, it is because of the missing
-march=armv7-a option. It should be handled internally by cmake, can
you fix this bug, please and tell me the hackaround that I can use
until the release ?

Thank you in advance!

Best Regards,
Laszlo Papp

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/4 Laszlo Papp <djszapi at archlinux.us>:
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2011/3/4 Laszlo Papp <djszapi at archlinux.us>:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can I create an rpm package with cpack in order to not deal with spec files ?
>>>
>>> Yes you can CPackRPM is meant to do that:
>>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#RPM_.28Unix_Only.29
>>>
>>> The fastest path is to try:
>>>
>>> $ cd /path/to/builddir
>>> $ cpack -G RPM
>>
>> Right, so you are saying it will create the rpm package with no spec
>> file reuqested.
>
> Yes.
> CPackRPM required some CPACK_RPM_xxxx var def,
> however most of them have default values.
>
> The following command will give you the list:
>
> $ cmake --help-module CPackRPM | grep -B 1 -A 1 "Mandatory : YES"
>
>>>> We did not need to put any debian/{changelog,rules,control} files
>>>> related implementation into the project so that to build a debian
>>>> package for arm with cpack.
>>>
>>> However are you cross-compiling to arm or do you package natively on arm-linux ?
>>
>> Well not. I am developing on x86_64 in a cross-compilation way for
>> arm, N900, MeeGo.
>> http://wiki.meego.com/Developing_in_a_MeeGo_Environment
>
> I do not know that setup and AFAIK CPackRPM has never been used
> in a cross-compiling env. so like I said before give it a try and
> tell me what happen.
>
>> CPack seems an easier way than OBS if one does not know how to write
>> spec files. That is why I started this whole thread whether or not
>> cpack is an easy way to generate rpm package for the N900 mobile -
>> like previously debian packages with cpack for the same mobile, but
>> Maemo5/Fremantle platform - or I need to make some other further
>> hackery.
>
> Again CPackRPM has been tested in "native" environnement,
> I don't know how it will behave in a chroot ARM Meego image.
>
> Try it, and tell me what happen.
>
>>>> PS: I am not on the list, so please drop me into the 'CC' field.
>>>
>>> This is usually a bad habitI am even surprised that you can post
>>> without being on list.
>>> You could subscribe to the list for the duration of your discussion
>>> and then un-subscribe afterwards.
>>
>> I subscribed only for the posting and unsubscribe then immediately
>> since I am not interested in other mails.
>
> Seems awkward to me but OK, that's your choice :-]
>
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