2013/3/12 Jakub Zakrzewski <[email protected]>:
> Hi All!
>
> I have recently reached the maximum path length using CPack on windows. The 
> problem is that the project I'm working on has a directory hierarchy that 
> cannot be changed. Somebody some time ago decided on concrete paths and if I 
> try to change it, I got into real trouble. All our tools have hardcoded 
> paths, many things have dependecies on source or build directory location.
>
> Is there any way, to make CPack use other temporary directory than 
> ${BUILD_DIR)/_CPack_Packages ? I'd rather avoid having two build trees and 
> having to compile again only to produce a package.

Yes there is.

CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY is what you are looking for.
see: cpack  --help-variable CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY

You can set this variable in your CMakeLists.txt or CPack project config file
or from the cpack command line using the "-B" command line option.

see: cpack  --help

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