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 __________________________ 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). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
