[CMake] Packaging issues

Tue Apr 18 12:52:44 EDT 2017

The CPackIFW module learned the new hint CPACK_IFW_ROOT variable for finding the QtIFW tool suite installed in a non-standard place.

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/git-master/module/CPackIFW.html#variable:CPACK_IFW_ROOT

This feature available in 'master' branch and will be released with CMake 3.9.0.

03.04.2017, 19:44, "Konstantin Podsvirov" <konstantin at podsvirov.pro>:
> Hello Volker!
>
> 03.04.2017, 18:50, "Volker Enderlein" <volker.enderlein at ifm-chemnitz.de>:
>>  Am 03/04/2017 um 12:30 schrieb Volker Enderlein:
>>>   Hi,
>>>
>>>   I'm facing problems using the packaging with CPACK.
>>>
>>>   I try to build three different packages, a MSI (via WIX), an IFW, and
>>>   a ZIP package.
>>>
>>>   According to the documentation I set the following variables in my
>>>   CMakeLists.txt (and a few more which are required):
>>>
>>>   set(CPACK_WIX_ROOT "C:/Temp/WiX-3.10/binaries")
>>>
>>>   set(QTIFWDIR "${GLOBAL}/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/2.0/bin")
>
> As wrote in the documentation:
>
> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CPackIFW.html#overview
>
> QTIFWDIR (like QTDIR) - it's QtIFW installation path (without "/bin").
>
> You can set it's as your environment variable and use for all your projects.
>
>>>   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "WIX;IFW;ZIP")
>>>
>>>   After creating the build dir and running from there
>>>
>>>   cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..\TestProject
>>>
>>>   the files CMakeCache.txt, CPackConfig.cmake, CPackSourceConfig.cmake,
>>>   and CPackProperties.cmake are generated.
>>>
>>>   When running `cpack -C Release` to build all three installers at once,
>>>   the first one (WIX) is built, but the second one (QtIFW) fails with
>>>   the messages
>>>
>>>   CPack Error: Cannot find QtIFW compiler "binarycreator": likely it is
>>>   not installed, or not in your PATH
>>>   CPack Error: Cannot initialize the generator IFW
>>>
>>>   I inspected the CMakeCache.txt file but found the following entries
>>>   properly defined:
>>>
>>>   //QtIFW binarycreator command line client
>>>   CPACK_IFW_BINARYCREATOR_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=N:/Global/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/2.0/bin/binarycreator.exe
>>>
>>>   //QtIFW devtool command line client
>>>   CPACK_IFW_DEVTOOL_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=N:/Global/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/2.0/bin/devtool.exe
>>>
>>>   //QtIFW installer executable base
>>>   CPACK_IFW_INSTALLERBASE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=N:/Global/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/2.0/bin/installerbase.exe
>>>
>>>   //QtIFW repogen command line client
>>>   CPACK_IFW_REPOGEN_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=N:/Global/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/2.0/bin/repogen.exe
>>>
>>>   //Enable to build 7-Zip source packages
>>>   CPACK_SOURCE_7Z:BOOL=ON
>>>
>>>   //Enable to build ZIP source packages
>>>   CPACK_SOURCE_ZIP:BOOL=ON
>>>
>>>   //Path to a program.
>>>   CPACK_WIX_CANDLE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=C:/Temp/WiX-3.10/binaries/candle.exe
>>>
>>>   //Path to a program.
>>>   CPACK_WIX_LIGHT_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=C:/Temp/WiX-3.10/binaries/light.exe
>>>
>>>   But when I checked the CPack*Config.cmake files none of the entries
>>>   above are referenced. After running the `cmake -G "Visual Studio 14
>>>   2015 Win64" ..\TestProject` a second time everything is fine; the
>>>   entries are referenced in CPack*Config.cmake files and all three
>>>   installers can be built.
>>>
>>>   So I really get stuck at this point.
>>>
>>>   Any ideas what could be the issue and how to avoid it?
>>>
>>>   Cheers Volker
>>
>>  A close follow up.
>>
>>  I finally figured out what didn't work.
>>
>>  The setting of the QTIFWDIR variable is not saved to the
>>  CPack*Config.cmake files. But the CMAKE_WIX_ROOT variable is. Those
>>  variables seem to be evaluated at runtime by CPack. Therefore the WIX
>>  build run successfully but the IFW build complained about a the path.
>>  Adding the variable with its current setting made everything run as
>>  expected.
>>
>>  Cheers Volker
>>
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> Good luck with creating your installers!
>
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Konstantin Podsvirov (CPackIFW author)