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authorNils Gladitz <nilsgladitz@gmail.com>2017-06-17 16:49:33 (GMT)
committerNils Gladitz <nilsgladitz@gmail.com>2017-06-28 17:55:12 (GMT)
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CPackDeb: Enable the DEB generator on Windows
While some features require external Unix tools the generator is mostly portable. By enabling it on Windows it can be used for cross platform packaging.
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+* The CPack ``DEB`` generator, configured by the :module:`CPackDeb` module,
+ was enabled on Windows. While not fully featured (due to the lack of
+ external UNIX tools) this will allow building basic cross-platform Debian
+ packages.