2011/1/18 Olivier Pierard <olivier.pier...@cenaero.be>: > Dear all, > > I would like to add a step for our NSIS installer in order to define an > environment variable to locate a license file which is sent separately > to the package (best would be locating it through a 'browse' button). > > I'm a little bit lost in the CPack files organization so if someone > could give me some hints on the best practice to do so, I would be very > grateful. Should I use the CPACK_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMAND ? Should I copy > and modify NSIS.InstallOptions.ini.in and/or NSIS.template.in ?
Both ways are OK. If you think your enhancement may be useful to others then I suggest you modify the template NSIS.InstallOptions.ini.in and/or NSIS.template.in (in a backward compatible manner). And propose a patch for those to be included in CPack/CMake upstream. In the meantime you can keep your specific template files in your project and modify CMAKE_MODULE_PATH in order to make CPack pick your specific files before the one shipped with CMake. You may even only modify the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH when packaging for NSIS if you use a CPACK_PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#Overall_usage_.28common_to_all_generators.29 CPACK_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMAND should be usable too but it depends on the amount of code you have to put in it, I did have some trouble when trying to put too much in this (but it was a long time ago so this limit may now be gone). Using CPACK_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMAND implies that you must handle escape sequences yourself because the var evaluation process. > I'm using cmake 2.8.0 (but can upgrade it if needed) and this should be > valid for any Windows platform. 2.8.0 and up should be Ok but if you have a the choice I suggest you sue 2.8.3 or even try current 2.8.4-rc1 in order to propose up to date patch (if you do). -- 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
