[CMake] CPack and PackageMaker

Wed Feb 3 12:35:59 EST 2016

The window for new CMake 3.5 features is closed now that we have
started the release cycle.

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Roman Wüger <roman.wueger at gmx.at> wrote:
> @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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