2010/8/5 Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>: > I'm currently using CPack to build binary RPMs, is there a way to also > generate a source RPM?
Not yet...with CPackRPM. Building a source RPM with CMake/CPack is not as easy as building a binary RPM. Because currently the spec file used to build a binary RPM is a "short-cutted" one: - the %prep step is a simple move of directory - the %build is void (because CMake BUILDTOOL should have already done the build - the %install is a simple move too (because CPack did the install on it's own) This is due to the fact that when you call CPack, - CMake has been called - The software has been built - CPack will call install for you BEFORE calling the CPackRPM generator in the end CPackRPM "just" have to package the "already built and installed file". In a source RPM you should specify the steps (%prep, %build, %install) what CMake/CPack usually do. So basically the RPM spec file to use for building a source RPM won't be the same as the one used to build the current binary RPM. So implementing a "Source RPM" generator is doable, and in fact it was done in the UseRPMTools.cmake macro http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMakeUserUseRPMTools which is the ancestor of CPackRPM. The drawback of the old UseRPMTools is that even for a binary RPM it will redo all the steps including calling CMake etc... Why do you need to build a Source RPM with CPack ? What is your usage pattern? -- Erk Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake