[CMake] cpack hello world, empty packages - novice warning

[Michael Jackson]

Don't you need to actually _compile_ your code first? I don't think  
cpack will automatically build your project for you. Just a guess.

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio



On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Mark Lohry wrote:

> 1) where is the best place for documentation for cmake/cpack? Is  
> there any free equivalent to the autotools book? the sporatic  
> examples coupled with sparse documentation hasn't made the  
> transition as simple as expected :)
>
> 2) sorry for the novice nature of this question, but I'm just not  
> seeing what I'm missing when trying to build a package with cmake/ 
> cpack. After running "cmake .", and "cpack" or "make package", I end  
> up with empty packages. The tar.gz and tar.Z archives are empty. I  
> was expecting the same behavior as "make dist" with autotools. Any  
> help with this embarassingly simple question would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> CMakeLists.txt:
> cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.6 )
> project( hello )
> set( hello_SRCS hello.cpp )
> add_executable( hello ${hello_SRCS} )
> include( CPack )
>
>
> bash-3.2$ cmake .
> -- Configuring done
> -- Generating done
> -- Build files have been written to: /home/mlohry/temp/cmake/cxx
>
> bash-3.2$ cpack
> CPack: Create package using STGZ
> CPack: Install projects
> CPack: - Run preinstall target for: hello
> CPack: - Install project: hello
> CPack: Compress package
> CPack: Finalize package
> CPack: Package /home/mlohry/temp/cmake/cxx/hello-0.1.1-Linux.sh  
> generated.
> CPack: Create package using TGZ
> CPack: Install projects
> CPack: - Run preinstall target for: hello
> CPack: - Install project: hello
> CPack: Compress package
> CPack: Finalize package
> CPack: Package /home/mlohry/temp/cmake/cxx/hello-0.1.1-Linux.tar.gz  
> generated.
> CPack: Create package using TZ
> CPack: Install projects
> CPack: - Run preinstall target for: hello
> CPack: - Install project: hello
> CPack: Compress package
> CPack: Finalize package
> CPack: Package /home/mlohry/temp/cmake/cxx/hello-0.1.1-Linux.tar.Z  
> generated.
>
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