[CMake] How to use a multiline long string as a variable for CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY

[Petr Bena]

I am using this to build debian package and as
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#control_file_.28aka_DEBIAN.2Fcontrol.29_for_binary_package
say, I need to fill

CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY

Doing what you suggested, produces a debian package with empty summary.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2014-12-19 11:25 GMT+01:00 Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-12-19 11:22 GMT+01:00 Petr Bena <benapetr at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> There is this variable that cpack uses for description of package.
>>> This description has many lines and uses special symbols, like quotes.
>>>
>>> Putting it into a variable is extremely complex, so I would prefer to
>>> load it from external resource. I did this:
>>>
>>> FILE(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/summary"
>>> CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION)
>>>
>>> following http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/file.html
>>>
>>> the only thing that happened was that this variable expanded in
>>> CPackConfig.cmake to a long unescaped text, that caused a syntax error
>>> in that cmake file.
>>>
>>> What is a correct way to do that?
>>
>>
>> You can use CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE instead of
>> CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION
>> i.e.
>>
>> set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE
>> "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/summary)
>
>
> see documentations of CPACK_XXX vars:
>
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/module/CPack.html?highlight=cpack_package_description#variable:CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE
>
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> Eric
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