Marking files as config files in CPack

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When creating RPM packages: How do I tell CPack to treat a file as config file so it won't get overridden when updating the RPM?

The %config directive is used in rpm-spec for that case. Is there something like this in CPack?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '15 at 09:11

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As of now, files specified with an absolute path will get marked with %config, files with a relative path are marked as 'normal' files.

answered Jul 27 '15 at 09:11

Mark Jansen

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '14 at 13:21

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A quick look at what appears to be the CPack documentation doesn't show me anything that looks like it is directly relevant or helpful here.

However, if you are using a new enough version of CMake (2.8.1+ it looks like) or apply the patch yourself it looks like you can manually specify the spec file to build by using CPACK_RPM_USER_BINARY_SPECFILE.

answered Nov 11 '14 at 13:21

Etan Reisner

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Up to now, this seems to be the only option. – Volker Nov 27 '14 at 13:01

Marking files as config files in CPack

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