[CMake] Problem with cpack in latest cmake v3.3.1 and ninja

Gonzalo ggarra13 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 11:57:12 EDT 2015


I upgraded my cmake just recently and I am using the Ninja generator.
The compilation and linking seems to work fine.
However, when I run make package, I get the following:

[2/2] Run CPack packaging tool...
FAILED: cd 
/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp 
&& /usr/bin/cpack --config ./CPackConfig.cmake
CPack: Create package using DEB
CPack: Install projects
CPack: - Install project: mrViewer
CPack: Create package
CPack Error: Problem running cmake -E md5sum "/usr/bin/cmake" -E md5sum 
"/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp/_CPack_Packages/Linux/DEB/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/usr/local/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/bin/ctl"
CPack Error: Problem running cmake -E md5sum "/usr/bin/cmake" -E md5sum 
"/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp/_CPack_Packages/Linux/DEB/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/usr/local/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/bin/docs"
CPack Error: Problem running cmake -E md5sum "/usr/bin/cmake" -E md5sum 
"/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp/_CPack_Packages/Linux/DEB/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/usr/local/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/bin/rails"
CPack Error: Problem compressing the directory
CPack Error: Error when generating package: mrViewer
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

If I try running one of the md5sum lines manually, I get:

  cmake -E md5sum "/usr/bin/cmake" -E md5sum 
"/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp/_CPack_Packages/Linux/DEB/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/usr/local/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/bin/docs"
ece6ba4e4e8c69337be88aa69e27d95c  /usr/bin/cmake
-E: No such file or directory
md5sum: No such file or directory
/media/Linux/code/applications/mrViewer/BUILD/Linux-3.16.0-45-generic-64/Release/tmp/_CPack_Packages/Linux/DEB/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/usr/local/mrViewer-v2.9.0-Linux-64/bin/docs: 
No such file or directory

It seems the latest cmake is not accepting multiple -E commands.  Or the 
ninja generator is creating an incorrect run line.



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