On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:11:52 -0700 (PDT) "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote: > Hi Arjen: > > This is an extremely interesting topic for me. More >below in context. >
Hi Alan, Andrew, I have been experimenting a bit with CPack and I ran into a bunch of small problems but nothing that we should not be able to cure with a minimal amount of work. (The largest at the moment being that there is something wrong with my MinGW installation, which makes it impossible to run "make".) Paths are going to be important, as will the type of "installer" and setting the environment variables properly. Actually, nothing new under the sun. An absolute path as the install prefix is not acceptable, I am afraid: CPack creates a directory tree under the build directory that reflects exactly the directory of the installation. That means that it would attempt to create a subdirectory "c:\program files(x86)\plplot" under that directory and a colon is not allowed in a path. We can, however, easily set the prefix to something more palatable, like "plplot". It is minor issues like these that I have run into. Well, and the big one I mentioned above. I think - but that is just a guess based on some quick glances - that the NSIS installer option is the most attractive one from the point of view of Windows users/ developers. For the moment I will concentrate on the ZIP installer, however, as that is simpler to control. Regards, Arjen DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
