On 2006-12-15 14:29-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote:

> [...]In fact, "make package_source" already works well for us, but "make 
> package"
> does not work for some reason and the resulting binary release tarball is
> empty (at least on Linux).

The answer I got on the CMake list is PLplot is running afoul of a current
CPack limitation; "make package" only works if you specify paths relative to
the value of CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX for the DESTINATION of INSTALL commands,
and we use absolute paths instead to support our autotools-like variety of
INSTALL DESTINATIONs. I know of a possible workaround (use relative install
paths whenever the user specifies a common CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX leading all
installation directories), but it will be a fair amount of work to implement
that.

There is also some indication on the CMake list that a solution to the
current limitation for CPack will be found.  One way or another I hope this
showstopper for binary releases of PLplot is resolved within the next week
or so (bearing in mind that our forthcoming source release will be in
mid-January). To prepare for that resolution, I suggest those with windows
platforms should try "make install" (which exercises all the INSTALL
commands which are used by "make package").

Alan
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Alan W. Irwin

Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).

Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation
for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software
package (plplot.org); the Yorick front-end to PLplot (yplot.sf.net); the
Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project
(lbproject.sf.net).
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