On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noul...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/12/17 David Cole <david.c...@kitware.com>: >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noul...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> 2011/12/17 Totte Karlsson <to...@dunescientific.com>: >>>> >>>> But I found this NSIS specific setting >>>> CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT >>>> But setting that as C:\\ still create the error: "Function missing ending >>>> ")" ". >>>> >>>> Not sure how to get this one right.. >>> >>> set(CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT "C:") >>> >>> should work. >>> >>> It is awkward but since the template contains: >>> >>> InstallDir "@CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT@\@CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY@" >>> >>> you cannot remove middle "\", thus the unexpected "C:" (not back >>> slashes whatsoever) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Erk >>> Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - >>> http://www.april.org >>> -- >>> >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >> >> I disagree that "C:" is awkward compared to "C:\\" -- it follows the >> unwritten rule of "thou shalt never end a directory name with a >> trailing slash when using it as a variable value when the variable is >> meant to be composed into a longer full path name". >> >> (But I understand why you say it's awkward...) >> >> That variable was added as a bug fix in this commit last January: >> >> http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=5a9e8e701e6e55ddacbc465f4bfb0da3d028ccb0 >> >> CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT is available in CPack 2.8.4 and later. > > Too bad one did not use CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX... > they look like both have the same meaning. > > > -- > Erk > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - > http://www.april.org
Their meaning is similar, but subtly different, I think. CPack uses the value of CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX as the prefix of its own "make install" tree of your project that it uses in its build tree as it's assembling the tree that gets passed as input to the native packaging tool. That prefix does not necessarily have anything to do with the default value that an end user installer program displays to the end user about where to install a program by default. I suppose they *could* be the same values, but I think it's a good thing to have separate variables for each concept. CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX is used internally by CPack generators and may (or may not) be used to set values that get communicated to the end user. CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT is used only for the NSIS packager, and only to change the root of the default suggestion from "Program Files" to something else. David -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
