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| author | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2018-11-28 09:26:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2018-11-28 09:26:33 (GMT) |
| commit | faf4496db372847f34046acfd0d57dda7812eafa (patch) | |
| tree | ddab3a1d34cc7c61bd2cf27b6c4eed4b9b7f3a5d /Help/manual/cpack.1.rst | |
| parent | 049ca05da93ef7f6fced82a88069a382c6008ebf (diff) | |
| parent | e15cac8ee748022d31e734f3ab9529bf6c36ac25 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'doc-cmake.1'
e15cac8ee7 Help: Extend the cmake(1) manual
8b3a537c29 Help: Improve cmake(1) manual organization
f9c3f7b164 Help: Emphasize tool names in their manuals
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !2662
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cpack.1.rst b/Help/manual/cpack.1.rst index 9ddab1e..679c547 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cpack.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cpack.1.rst @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Synopsis Description =========== -The ``cpack`` executable is the CMake packaging program. It generates +The **cpack** executable is the CMake packaging program. It generates installers and source packages in a variety of formats. -For each installer or package format, ``cpack`` has a specific backend, +For each installer or package format, **cpack** has a specific backend, called "generator". A generator is responsible for generating the required inputs and invoking the specific package creation tools. These installer or package generators are not to be confused with the makefile generators @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ list of generators supported for the target platform. Which of them are to be used can be selected through the :variable:`CPACK_GENERATOR` variable or through the command-line option ``-G``. -The ``cpack`` program is steered by a configuration file written in the +The **cpack** program is steered by a configuration file written in the :manual:`CMake language <cmake-language(7)>`. Unless chosen differently through the command-line option ``--config``, the file ``CPackConfig.cmake`` in the current directory is used. |