This seems to match what I've seen in my so-far light experimentation. What's the fix? Use wix XML patches?
I'm betting my money on the WiX train as this is what we use elsewhere in my organization. Also I can live without the start menu items in the very worst case. cheers Paul > On 13. feb. 2015, at 22.11, Iosif Neitzke <iosif.neitzke+cm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > As a side note, remember that CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES is problematic > in another way too; it requires listed executables to be installed to > <PACKAGING_INSTALL_DIR>/bin/. > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Nils Gladitz <nilsglad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 02/13/2015 07:52 AM, Paul Anton Letnes wrote: >>> >>> I have been unable to come across any documentation on how the WiX CPack >>> generator can create start menu items. I'll need to create items both >>> for a few PDFs (documentation) and for an executable or two. Is this >>> supported, or do I need to write my own XML patch file and give that to >>> WiX? >> >> >> The WIX generator implements the generic CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES [1] which >> like the name suggests is only for executables though. >> >> I was pondering adding another installed file property [2] for the creation >> of start menu / desktop shortcuts for convenience but for now >> CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE [3] should work for non-executables. >> >> Nils >> >> [1] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/module/CPack.html >> >> [2] >> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/manual/cmake-properties.7.html#properties-on-installed-files >> >> [3] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.1/module/CPackWIX.html >> -- >> >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >> >> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more >> information on each offering, please visit: >> >> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
