[CMake] CPack packages are missing files

[Clinton Stimpson]

On 03/20/2010 02:23 PM, Rob Hasselbaum wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to use CPack to generate packages for my Linux-based
> project (version 2.6), but what I'm finding is that some files are
> missing from the output package regardless of what generator I try.
> Specifically, executables, shared libraries, and resources files
> passed through the "configure_file" command seem to work OK, but
> unaltered text files and icons do not.
>
> I understand that CPack only packages what was installed. In my case,
> I am calling the "install" command for all of the files in question
> and "make install" installs them just fine, so it's just the package
> generation that isn't working. Also, if I run CPack as non-root, I see
> two errors for each file that wasn't installed. Here's one example:
>
> CMake Error at /home/rob/dev/socketsentry/build/socketsentry-service/cmake_install.cmake:50
> (FILE):
>    file INSTALL cannot set permissions on
>    "/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.socketsentry.Watcher.conf"
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>    /home/rob/dev/socketsentry/build/cmake_install.cmake:37 (INCLUDE)
>
> CMake Error at /home/rob/dev/socketsentry/build/cmake_install.cmake:51 (FILE):
>    file Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>    /home/rob/dev/socketsentry/build/install_manifest.txt for writing.
>
> If I run CPack as root, I don't see the errors, but the files are
> missing from the output package. Any ideas?
>
>    

An idea .. I've seen missing files in the package if the install() 
commands have absolute paths instead of relative paths.

Clint