[CMake] CPack and NSIS failure

[David Cole]

It's because you're using (in essence):

  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}

for your install rules.

Try "DESTINATION ." instead. The DESTINATION is automatically under
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when expressed as a relative path. When you
express it as a full absolute path, the install rule puts it in the
full absolute path rather than putting it underneath
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.


HTH,
David


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 6:24 AM, David Demelier
<demelier.david at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to use CPack to create a Windows package using NSIS, it fails with:
>
> [100%] Built target sd-tris
> Run CPack packaging tool...
> CPack: Create package using NSIS
> CPack: Install projects
> CPack: - Run preinstall target for: sd-tris
> CPack: - Install project: sd-tris
> CPack: Create package
> CPack Error: Problem running NSIS command: "C:/Program Files
> (x86)/NSIS/makensis.exe"
> "C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/project.nsi"
> Please check C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/NSISOutput.log
> for errors
> CPack Error: Problem compressing the directory
> CPack Error: Error when generating package: sd-tris
> mingw32-make: *** [package] Error 1
>
> And the NSISOutput.log tail:
>
> Section: "-Core installation"
> SetOutPath: "$INSTDIR"
> File: Returning to:
> "C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/sd-tris-0.1.1-win32"
> File: "C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/sd-tris-0.1.1-win32\*.*"
> -> no files found.
> Usage: File [/nonfatal] [/a] ([/r] [/x filespec [...]] filespec [...] |
>
>   /oname=outfile one_file_only)
>
> Error in script
> "C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/project.nsi"
> on line 640 -- aborting creation process
>
> There is no files under
> C:/Users/markand/Documents/sd-tris/_build_/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/sd-tris-0.1.1-win32,
> that's probably why it fails to build.
>
> I've attached the CMakeLists.txt,
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Demelier David
>
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