[CMake] fixup_bundle on Windows : issue with multiple exe applications

[Benjamin Ballet]

FYI verifying_app failed with main.exe failed (3.4.3) because toptool
depends on topdool.dll located only in toptoolfolder. The workaround is to
include toptoolfolder in libs folder for fixup_bundle(main.exe...)

David your answer was helpful to me. I know it's an expected behavior.

Would a patch handling such multiple folder application been accepted ? I
may try to work on it, since I either have to work on the workarounds or a
nice improvment.


2016-03-04 14:15 GMT+01:00 Benjamin Ballet <bballet at ivsweb.com>:

> Indeed I was lucky : It worked with 3.3.1 but not anymore with 3.4.3..
> I've got a strang bug with one .NET dll generated near a tool :
>
> CMake Error at C:/Program Files
> (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.4/Modules/GetPrerequisites.cmake:798 (message):
> 106>    C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
> 12.0/VC/bin/dumpbin.exe
> 106>    failed: 1181
>
> I'm digging
>
>
>
> 2016-03-03 21:02 GMT+01:00 David Cole <DLRdave at aol.com>:
>
>> It was designed originally with the assumption that all the
>> executables in a bundle are in the same directory. If you violate that
>> assumption, I don't think you can count on it to do the right thing
>> 100% of the time.
>>
>> If it works for you calling it multiple times with deepest first, then
>> maybe you can get lucky...
>>
>> I would definitely dig into it and understand exactly what it's doing,
>> though, if you want to make sure it's going to continue working for
>> your scenario.
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>> David C.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Benjamin Ballet <bballet at ivsweb.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I'd like to discuss a problem I encountered today with the very useful
>> > module BundleUtilities
>> >
>> > We have an application on Windows with one main exe file in the top
>> folder
>> > and a few other exe in subdirectories, like that :
>> >
>> > applicationfolder  \
>> >                           | main.exe
>> >                           | toolsfolder \
>> >                                             | supertoolfolder \
>> >                                                                     |
>> > supertool.exe
>> >                                             | toptoolfolder \
>> >                                                                  |
>> > toptool.exe
>> >
>> > But if I simply call
>> > fixup_bundle("applicationfolder/main.exe" plugins libs)
>> >
>> > the verify_app will fails.
>> >
>> > Just a reminder that there is no rpath on Windows : dll must be either
>> in
>> > PATH or in the same folder or in the working directory.
>> >
>> > We expected fixup_bundle to copy the required dll for main.exe in
>> > applicationfolder, the required dll for supertool.exe in
>> supertoolfolder and
>> > the required dll for toptool.exe in toptoolfolder, but it acually didn't
>> > copied anything in supertoolfolder and toptoolfolder.
>> >
>> > I worked around this issue by calling fixup_bundle multiple time with
>> the
>> > following order : (the deepest exes first)
>> >
>> >
>> fixup_bundle("applicationfolder/toolsfolder/supertoolfolder/supertool.exe"
>> > plugins libs)
>> > fixup_bundle("applicationfolder/toolsfolder/toptoolfolder/toptool.exe"
>> > plugins libs)
>> > fixup_bundle("applicationfolder/main.exe" plugins libs)
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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> *Benjamin BALLET*
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>
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-- 
*Benjamin BALLET*
Ingénieur R&D

*ACTIVISU*
19, rue Klock - 92110 Clichy
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