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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx | 2 |
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst index 66f7239..23f0515 100644 --- a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst +++ b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst @@ -205,18 +205,18 @@ List of CPack DEB generator specific variables: The archive format used for creating the Debian package. * Mandatory : YES - * Default : "paxr" + * Default : "gnutar" - Possible values are: + Possible value is: - - paxr - gnutar .. note:: - Default pax archive format is the most portable format and generates - packages that do not treat sparse files specially. - GNU tar format on the other hand supports longer filenames. + This variable previously defaulted to the ``paxr`` value, but ``dpkg`` + has never supported that tar format. For backwards compatibility the + ``paxr`` value will be mapped to ``gnutar`` and a deprecation message + will be emitted. .. variable:: CPACK_DEBIAN_COMPRESSION_TYPE diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9296ec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-tar-format.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +cpack-deb-tar-format +-------------------- + +* The :module:`CPack` module no longer defaults to the ``paxr`` value in the + :variable:`CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE` variable, because ``dpkg`` has + never supported the PAX tar format. The ``paxr`` value will be mapped + to ``gnutar`` and a deprecation message emitted. diff --git a/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake b/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake index 3042a16..89dc6f0 100644 --- a/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake +++ b/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake @@ -482,13 +482,16 @@ function(cpack_deb_prepare_package_vars) endif() if(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE) - set(archive_types_ "paxr;gnutar") - if(NOT CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE IN_LIST archive_types_) + if(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE STREQUAL "paxr") + message(DEPRECATION "CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE set to old and invalid " + "type 'paxr', mapping to 'gnutar'") + set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE "gnutar") + elseif(NOT CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE STREQUAL "gnutar") message(FATAL_ERROR "CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE set to unsupported" "type ${CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE}") endif() else() - set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE "paxr") + set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ARCHIVE_TYPE "gnutar") endif() # Compression: (recommended) diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx index ea0ee58..29968af 100644 --- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx +++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ DebGenerator::DebGenerator( , WorkDir(workDir) , TopLevelDir(topLevelDir) , TemporaryDir(temporaryDir) - , DebianArchiveType(debianArchiveType ? debianArchiveType : "paxr") + , DebianArchiveType(debianArchiveType ? debianArchiveType : "gnutar") , ControlValues(controlValues) , GenShLibs(genShLibs) , ShLibsFilename(shLibsFilename) |