On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Eric Noulard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2010/8/1 Dennis Schridde <[email protected]>: > > Hello! > > > > I just started experimenting with CPack. According to the docs and > > code it is to be used like this: > >> set(CPACK_... ...) > >> > > include(CPack) > > > > This, however, does not allow making use of the defaults > > present in CPack.cmake. (Most notably CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES.) > > I had to > > copy the default value of that variable out of CPack.cmake into my own > > CMakeLists.txt, which does not seem very clean. > > > > Can you add a way of > > configuring CPack that allows appending or modifying default values? > > What > > comes to my mind is a semantic like this: > >> include(CPack) > >> set(CPACK_... > > "${CPACK_...} ...") > >> cpack_config() > > I think this is an interesting idea. > May be it's worth a feature request on the tracker: > http://public.kitware.com/Bug/my_view_page.php > > This would even be better with a patch proposal :-) > > My personal point of view with your idea is that > since we most most probably want to maintain backward compatibility > it would even be better if we can do > > 1 - set(CPACK_... > 2 - include(CPack) > 3 - set(CPACK_...) > 4 - cpack_update_config() or cpack_reconfig() > > that way 1, 3 and 4 are optional just as today. > 3 and 4 would bring what you suggest. > You can already do this today with: 1 - set(CPACK_... 2 - include(CPack) 3 - set(CPACK_...) 4 - include(CPack) Simply including CPack a second time will configure the files according to the new values set in step 3. No need for a bug tracker entry, no need to do any update or re-config. Simply including CPack a second time will call configure_file for the two files of interest: CPackConfig.cmake and CPackSourceConfig.cmake... HTH, David > > -- > 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 >
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