[CMake] Finding package for 7-zip comprehension

[Michael Powell]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:47 AM, CHEVRIER, Marc <marc.chevrier at sap.com> wrote:
> “cmake –E tar” supports 7-zip format. Use option –format=7zip (see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.9/manual/cmake.1.html).

Ah! This I did not know. Thanks for pointing that out!

> On 21/11/2017 16:43, "CMake on behalf of Konstantin Tokarev" <cmake-bounces at cmake.org on behalf of annulen at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
>
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>     21.11.2017, 18:38, "Michael Powell" <mwpowellhtx at gmail.com>:
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > Does anyone happen to know, is there 7-zip comprehension in CMake
>     > today? i.e., that something like this could be done:
>     >
>     > include (FindSevenZip.cmake)
>     >
>     > or:
>     >
>     > find_package (SevenZip)
>     >
>     > I've seen mention of it in places, but could not find it formally as
>     > part of CMake itself, it seems.
>     >
>     > I am running the latest stable v3.9, that I know of.
>
>     Not exactly 7-zip, but you can unpack tar.xz files via built-in cmake -E tar command
>
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     >
>     > Michael Powell
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