[CMake] Problems with CPack 2.8.8

[David Cole]

Looks like we let the default command line behavior get trounced when
we added the new cpack --help* stuff... Guess we don't have a test for
that.

To loop over all configure CPack generators, you can still use the command line:

  cpack -C CPackConfig.cmake

But:

  cpack

just by itself simply spits out the help text now.

Should we put it back to the way it was in 2.8.7, or should we leave
it the way it is now in  2.8.8?

Seems like 3 months is a pretty long time before anybody noticed a
change in behavior like this one.


Thanks for the report. And further comments will be appreciated.

David


On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:28 AM, NoRulez <norulez at me.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i've upgraded my cmake installation from 2.8.7 to 2.8.8. After the upgrade
> the cpack has an unwanted behavior.
>
> When i run cpack from the build directory (in cpack 2.8.7) then cpack
> iterates over all configured CPACK_GENERATORs and creates the
> installer/archives.
> But with cpack 2.8.8 I get only the options from cpack.
> Is this a bug or did I need to configure something else in 2.8.8?
>
> cpack version 2.8.8
> Usage
>
>   cpack -G <generator> [options]
>
> Options
>   -G <generator>              = Use the specified generator to generate
>                                 package.
>   -C <Configuration>          = Specify the project configuration
>   -D <var>=<value>            = Set a CPack variable.
>   --config <config file>      = Specify the config file.
>   --verbose,-V                = enable verbose output
>   --debug                     = enable debug output (for CPack developers)
>   -P <package name>           = override/define CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME
>   -R <package version>        = override/define CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION
>   -B <package directory>      = override/define CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
>   --vendor <vendor name>      = override/define CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR
>   --help-command cmd [file]   = Print help for a single command and exit.
>   --help-command-list [file]  = List available commands and exit.
>   --help-commands [file]      = Print help for all commands and exit.
>   --help-variable var [file]  = Print help for a single variable and exit.
>   --help-variable-list [file] = List documented variables and exit.
>   --help-variables [file]     = Print help for all variables and exit.
>   --copyright [file]          = Print the CMake copyright and exit.
>   --help,-help,-usage,-h,-H,/?= Print usage information and exit.
>   --help-full [file]          = Print full help and exit.
>   --help-html [file]          = Print full help in HTML format.
>   --help-man [file]           = Print full help as a UNIX man page and exit.
>   --version,-version,/V [file]= Show program name/version banner and exit.
>
> Generators
>   NSIS                        = Null Soft Installer
>   STGZ                        = Self extracting Tar GZip compression
>   TBZ2                        = Tar BZip2 compression
>   TGZ                         = Tar GZip compression
>   TZ                          = Tar Compress compression
>   ZIP                         = ZIP file format
>
> Best Regards
> NoRulez
>
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