[CMake] CPack MacOSX support

[Félix C. Morency]

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David,



Thank you for you fast answer.
>
> 1. Yes, I actually want to copy some libOne.dylib directly into the bundle
> so all the required library can be into the .app bundle (at the same place
> the executable is) and not outside. Another way to say it would be that I
> want the bundle to be the only existing file where to install every
> dependencies/ressources so that the .dmg would only contains the bundle.
>
> 2. This is good news. I might take a look at the CVS version. When will
> this updated version of CMake will be officially supported ?
>
> Regards,
> Félix C. Morency
>
> 2007/10/11, David Cole < david.cole at kitware.com>:
> >
> > On 10/11/07, Félix C. Morency < felix.morency at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 1. Is there any way to include 3rd party libraries in a generated
> > bundle
> > > (.app) with CMake/CPack (.dmg) ? Currently, the 3rd party are out of
> > the
> > > bundle and this is quite ungood since the bundle architecture provides
> > > resources support. Anyone ever done it before ?
> >
> > Could you give a concrete example of what you'd like to do here? (Just
> > copy an existing library or resource file into your bundle somewhere?)
> >
> >
> > > 2. The PackageMaker (.dmg) and Bundle generator (.app) support seem
> > limited
> > > within CPack. I haven't found a way yet to change the default
> > installation
> > > path (from /usr/bin to /Applications) and I think this is quite
> > important.
> > > I'm thinking about logging a bug about this issue. The documentation
> > is also
> > > lacking informations about those tools.
> >
> > In CVS CMake, there is support in the INSTALL(TARGETS command for a
> > separate BUNDLE DESTINATION if the target in question is a Mac bundle
> > application. If you use this with an absolute path, like "BUNDLE
> > DESTINATION /Applications/MyApp" it should work with "make install"
> > and also with any generated CPack installers. If you could try it out
> > with CVS CMake and let the list know your results, that would be
> > great. The new INSTALL command arguments are not fully documented yet,
> > but the code should work now.
> >
> > HTH,
> > David Cole
> >
>
>
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