[CMake] CPack and NSIS failure

[David Demelier]

2012/6/27 David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>:
> 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
>

Thanks, it works now, my project is still installed to
${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} and NSIS is working now. However there is just
one issue now, the Windows menu entry executable points to
${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/sd-tris.exe while I installed the target
directly in ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}

Cheers,

>
> 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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-- 
Demelier David