[CMake] CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE for debian

Erik Hofman erik at ehofman.com
Wed Nov 2 06:38:22 EDT 2011


On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 10:59 +0100, Eric Noulard wrote:

> I think this one is acceptable since it may be considered a bug
> (you may open one exactly for that purpose)
>  to use summary when you  expect full 'description'.
> 
> The then almost backward compatible algorithm would be:
> 
> 1) use CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION if it is defined
> 2) if not use CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE if it is defined
> 3) if not use CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY
> 
> I bet that most people that do use CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_[FILE]
> won't mind having it replace the CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY
> in deb package description.
> 
> Those not using the previous will keep their current
> CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY usage.

Okay, I'll look into this.

Erik




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