Does it make sense to use CPack for debian packaging? When I first started my current project I explored creating debian packages with CPack. I decided not to because it is counter to what any typical debian user will expect. Anyone getting the source for a debian package knows that running "dpkg-buildpackage" will create packages. They may not have a clue what CPack is. This goes for utilities such as "apt-get" which can build packages from source if they follow the standard debian way of doing it.
--- Aaron Wright From: Daniel Pfeifer <dan...@pfeifer-mail.de> To: cmake@cmake.org Date: 10/20/2010 04:08 AM Subject: [CMake] Creating Debian source packages with CMake Sent by: cmake-boun...@cmake.org Hi, CPack, the packaging system that ships with CMake, builds component-based installers for Mac OS X and Windows only. On Linux, the packages generated by CPack are single, monolithic units. I hacked a CMake script that creates a single deb-src package, uploads it to the Launchpad build service where it generates one deb package for each component. Read more at: http://purplekarrot.net/blog/dputCMake.html Use the script at your own risk, and please provide feedback. cheers, Daniel _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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