[CMake] Configuring CPack to Build Packages My Way

[Stewart, Robert]

Anyone?

Stewart, Robert wrote, on Thursday, September 05, 2013 12:55 PM:
>
> I want CPack to build packages that result in installing
> files in a particular structure, regardless of whether I'm
> using TGZ, ZIP, NSIS, RPM, etc.  I'm having trouble making
> this work and need help.
>
> Let me make things concrete.  I have successfully configured
> CMake to install platform-specific files as follows:
>
> directories/leading/to/my/installation/files/
>    platform1/
>       product/
>          version/
>             files (more subdirectories, but irrelevant)
>    platform2/
>       product/
>          version/
>             files (more subdirectories, but irrelevant)
>    etc.
>
> I want to build a ZIP or TGZ package of the platform
> directories above, change to some desired directory,
> decompress the .tgz or .zip file, and wind up with the above
> structure in the current directory.  That is, nothing from
> "directories/leading/to/my/installation/files" should appear
> in the current directory.
>
> Likewise, I want an NSIS installer or RPM that will create
> that directory structure in either a default location from my
> CMakeLists.txt or in a directory selected by the user during
> installation (via the GUI for NSIS or --prefix for rpm).
>
> What must I do to effect this?
>
> _____
> Rob Stewart
> Software Engineer
> Dev Tools & Components
> Susquehanna International Group, LLP


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