[CMake] CPack installation directory

Nils Gladitz nilsgladitz at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 14:05:14 EST 2014


On 04.03.2014 19:56, Lars wrote:
>
> Who is generating the the GUID? Do you mean light or candle?

light issues the diagnostic so I assume it also generates the GUID.

>
> > I'd perhaps install user specific files by copying them from the 
> system wide installation directory into the home directory on the 
> first run (by that specific user).
>
> We are considering this kind of solution. However we then lose the 
> ability to remove these files on uninstall. We also feel this is 
> mixing application development with deployment.

I think there might also be a related problem if the installer would 
install files into the user's home directory.
If one user installs and another user uninstalls those files can 
probably not be removed.

Nils
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