[CMake] CPack and PackageMaker

[Roman Wüger]

@Brad, @Clinton: Could we add this feature into CMake 3.5.0, because on newer Mac OS systems the package maker is already deprecated and for those we could use the productbuild instead.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards
Roman 

> Am 22.12.2015 um 07:56 schrieb Roman Wüger <roman.wueger at gmx.at>:
> 
> Is there anything I can do to support?
> 
> Best regards 
> 
>> Am 11.12.2015 um 20:17 schrieb robert.bielik <robert.bielik at dirac.se>:
>> 
>> Dear Clint,
>>  
>> Thank you! Will certainly start with that as a base :)
>>  
>> Regards 
>> /R
>>  
>> ------ Ursprungligt meddelande------
>> Från:
>> Datum: fre, 11 dec 2015 20:12
>> Till: Robert Bielik;
>> Kopia: Attila Krasznahorkay;cmake;
>> Ämne:Re: [CMake] CPack and PackageMaker
>>  
>> If you are interested, attached is some code I started a couple years ago but never finished, nor did I do much testing.
>> Perhaps that'll help, or maybe you'll find a better way.
>> 
>> Clint
>> 
>> ----- On Dec 11, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Robert Bielik robert.bielik at dirac.se wrote:
>> 
>> > Dear Attila,
>> > 
>> > Ok, been struggling getting an installation package to work with the
>> > pkgbuild/productbild tools, so I think I got the gist of what needs to
>> > be done, at least to get something going :)
>> > 
>> > Regards
>> > /R
>> > 
>> > Den 2015-12-11 kl. 17:47, skrev Attila Krasznahorkay:
>> >> Hi Robert,
>> >>
>> >> I'm afraid that the sad situation is that nobody has done this yet, or is
>> >> working on it at the moment.
>> >>
>> >> I'm absolutely sure that if you can help with this by any amount, that will be
>> >> most welcome by the CMake developers. It will certainly be most welcome by me,
>> >> as I've been disappointed by the lack of this support as well. (But
>> >> unfortunately can't spare the time to help out in writing this CPack
>> >> generator.)
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>               Attila
>> >>
>> >>> On 11 Dec 2015, at 17:44, Robert Bielik  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Really ? No one ? :)
>> >>>
>> >>> So it's ok to go ahead and start create a new one ? ;)
>> >>>
>> >>> Rgds,
>> >>> /R
>> >>>
>> >>> Den 2015-12-09 kl. 16:56, skrev Robert Bielik:
>> >>>> Mac OSX:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Since PackageMaker has been deprecated by Apple, the new tools to use are
>> >>>> pkgbuild [1] and productbuild [2].
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Simple question: Is there any work being done by the CMake community on a new OS
>> >>>> X CPack backend to support the above tools ?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards
>> >>>> /Robert
>> >>>> [1]
>> >>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pkgbuild.1.html
>> >>>> [2]
>> >>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/productbuild.1.html
>> >>>>
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