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

[Mark Lohry]

"CPack only packages what is installed" ahh thanks, that's the little tidbit
I was missing. Thanks!



On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Mike is right... you'll need to build your code first.
> But, also:
> You are missing install rules in your CMakeLists.txt file. CPack only
> packages what is installed.
>
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Michael Jackson <
> mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> 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.shgenerated.
>>> 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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