[cmake-developers] [CMake] Support for multiple components in cpack

[Eric Noulard]

2010/8/6 Alexander Neundorf <neundorf at kde.org>:
> On Friday 06 August 2010, Eric Noulard wrote:
>> 2010/8/6 Alexander Neundorf <neundorf at kde.org>:
>> > On Friday 06 August 2010, Eric Noulard wrote:
>> > ...
>> >
>> >> I think I missed the fact that you did not used component GROUPS
>> >> at all in the first place :-)
>> >
>> > Sorry I didn't follow closely...
>> > What is this GROUPS thing about ?
>>
>> see this:
>> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CMake:Component_Install_With_CPack#Grouping_Compone
>>nts
>
> Thanks, cool :-)
>
> What would you think about a macro like
>
> cpack_set_component_properties(<component> PROPERTIES
>                                           [DESCRIPTION "Cool stuff"]
>                                           [DISPLAY_NAME "HelloWorld"]
>                                           [DEPENDS value1;value2]
>                                           ...
>                              )
>
> I think I could come up with a patch which does that and put that into a
> UseCPack.cmake or CPackMacros.cmake file.

Alex,

I'm lost :-)
Why would be the purpose of such macro?
Avoid the multiple
CPACK_COMPONENT_${COMPNAME}_XXX  var definitions ?

I think there is already what we need in CPack.cmake with the
cpack_add_component
and
cpack_add_component_group
macros.

They do not appear to be used in the example on the Wiki but they do exists.

Now even with the use of existing macros, some open issues
remains on how to package a set of components or component groups.

-- 
Erk
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