[CMake] cpack bundle generator qq

Timothy M. Shead tshead at sandia.gov
Fri Jan 16 11:33:10 EST 2009


David Cole wrote:
> I would recommend modifying the existing bundle generator to keep its 
> current behavior for backwards compatibility *and* add to its behavior 
> such that it can produce a drag-n-drop installer for your "make install" 
> tree.
> 
> If that proves too difficult in terms of coding or seems otherwise 
> unadvisable.... then I would say we should add a new "drag-n-drop bundle 
> generator" to CPack that does the "/Applications" shortcut thing and 
> places either a single folder of your make install tree or the contents 
> of your make install tree next to the /Applications shortcut.

As Mike points out, there is room for better defaults, but this is 
exactly how the bundle generator operates.

I'd consider Clint's request to be an "advanced" capability, one that 
should be reasonable to add in a backwards-compatible way.

Cheers,
Tim

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Timothy M. Shead
Data Analysis & Visualization (1424)
Sandia National Laboratories
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