[CMake] Generating source code packages with Windows line endings

[Bill Hoffman]

Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> On 2008-06-23 12:45-0400 David Cole wrote:
> 
>> The Windows source package is built on Windows with Windows tools.
>> Similarly for the Unix source package.
> 
> That procedure obviously works for the CMake release manager, but in my 
> case
> it won't work since I don't have access to Windows.  From your response it
> also sounds like line endings are not something CPack handles at the moment
> so if I decide to make a Windows line-ending source release I will do it
> with the available Unix tools.
> 
> The remaining questions concern whether it is the usual thing for Windows
> users to be able to figure out line endings on their own? Do the CMake
> developers consider their separate source release with Windows line-endings
> a minor courtesy, major courtesy, or a necessity for their Windows 
> users? Or
> in retrospect is it just confusing to users to have source package versions
> with different line endings?
> 

There are some windows tools that do not like Windows line-endings.  It 
is better these days, but you still run into them (as you just found 
out).   I don't think this is something that cpack will ever do by itself.

-Bill

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