[CMake] Change cpack install folder

[Eric Noulard]

2011/12/17 David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2011/12/17 Totte Karlsson <totte at dunescientific.com>:
>>>
>>> But I found this NSIS specific setting
>>> CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT
>>> But setting that as C:\\ still create the error: "Function missing ending
>>> ")" ".
>>>
>>> Not sure how to get this one right..
>>
>> set(CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT "C:")
>>
>> should work.
>>
>> It is awkward but since the template contains:
>>
>> InstallDir "@CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT@\@CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY@"
>>
>> you cannot remove middle "\", thus the unexpected "C:" (not back
>> slashes whatsoever)
>>
>>
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>
> I disagree that "C:" is awkward compared to "C:\\" -- it follows the
> unwritten rule of "thou shalt never end a directory name with a
> trailing slash when using it as a variable value when the variable is
> meant to be composed into a longer full path name".
>
> (But I understand why you say it's awkward...)
>
> That variable was added as a bug fix in this commit last January:
>
>  http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=5a9e8e701e6e55ddacbc465f4bfb0da3d028ccb0
>
> CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT is available in CPack 2.8.4 and later.

Too bad one did not use CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX...
they look like both have the same meaning.


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