18 files changed, 167 insertions, 235 deletions

diff --git a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx
index f0fb37a..234da2f 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ int cmCPackIFWGenerator::PackageFiles()
   this->Installer.GeneratePackageFiles();
 
   std::string ifwTLD = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  std::string ifwTmpFile = ifwTLD;
-  ifwTmpFile += "/IFWOutput.log";
+  std::string ifwTmpFile = cmStrCat(ifwTLD, "/IFWOutput.log");
 
   // Run repogen
   if (!this->Installer.RemoteRepositories.empty()) {
@@ -117,8 +116,8 @@ int cmCPackIFWGenerator::PackageFiles()
 
   // Run binary creator
   {
-    std::string ifwCmd = this->BinCreator;
-    ifwCmd += " -c " + this->toplevel + "/config/config.xml";
+    std::string ifwCmd =
+      cmStrCat(this->BinCreator, " -c ", this->toplevel, "/config/config.xml");
 
     if (!this->Installer.Resources.empty()) {
       ifwCmd += " -r ";
diff --git a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
index 5313dd0..b4bfea7 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ void cmCPackIFWInstaller::ConfigureFromOptions()
     this->TargetDir = optIFW_TARGET_DIRECTORY;
   } else if (const char* optPACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY =
                this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY")) {
-    this->TargetDir = "@ApplicationsDir@/";
-    this->TargetDir += optPACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY;
+    this->TargetDir =
+      cmStrCat("@ApplicationsDir@/", optPACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY);
   } else {
     this->TargetDir = "@RootDir@/usr/local";
   }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCPackWIXGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCPackWIXGenerator.cxx
index 5b01ae6..e960fab 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCPackWIXGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCPackWIXGenerator.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmUuid.h"
+#include "cm_string_view.hxx"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "cmWIXDirectoriesSourceWriter.h"
@@ -519,9 +520,7 @@ bool cmCPackWIXGenerator::CreateWiXSourceFiles()
     for (auto const& i : this->Components) {
       cmCPackComponent const& component = i.second;
 
-      std::string componentPath = toplevel;
-      componentPath += "/";
-      componentPath += component.Name;
+      std::string componentPath = cmStrCat(toplevel, '/', component.Name);
 
       std::string const componentFeatureId = "CM_C_" + component.Name;
 
@@ -1087,8 +1086,7 @@ std::string cmCPackWIXGenerator::CreateHashedId(
   cmCryptoHash sha1(cmCryptoHash::AlgoSHA1);
   std::string const hash = sha1.HashString(path);
 
-  std::string identifier;
-  identifier += hash.substr(0, 7) + "_";
+  std::string identifier = cmStrCat(cm::string_view(hash).substr(0, 7), '_');
 
   const size_t maxFileNameLength = 52;
   if (normalizedFilename.length() > maxFileNameLength) {
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackArchiveGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackArchiveGenerator.cxx
index 98fb29d..6c9c6b9 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackArchiveGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackArchiveGenerator.cxx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "cmCPackGenerator.h"
 #include "cmCPackLog.h"
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmWorkingDirectory.h"
 
@@ -71,8 +72,7 @@ int cmCPackArchiveGenerator::addOneComponentToArchive(
   }
   std::string filePrefix;
   if (this->IsOn("CPACK_COMPONENT_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY")) {
-    filePrefix = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
-    filePrefix += "/";
+    filePrefix = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"), '/');
   }
   const char* installPrefix =
     this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX");
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackBundleGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackBundleGenerator.cxx
index 213ce92..f58cc0a 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackBundleGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackBundleGenerator.cxx
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ int cmCPackBundleGenerator::InitializeInternal()
 
 const char* cmCPackBundleGenerator::GetPackagingInstallPrefix()
 {
-  this->InstallPrefix = "/";
-  this->InstallPrefix += this->GetOption("CPACK_BUNDLE_NAME");
-  this->InstallPrefix += ".app/Contents/Resources";
+  this->InstallPrefix = cmStrCat('/', this->GetOption("CPACK_BUNDLE_NAME"),
+                                 ".app/Contents/Resources");
 
   return this->InstallPrefix.c_str();
 }
@@ -191,9 +190,8 @@ int cmCPackBundleGenerator::SignBundle(const std::string& src_dir)
   if (!cpack_apple_cert_app.empty()) {
     std::string output;
     std::string bundle_path;
-    bundle_path = src_dir + "/";
-    bundle_path += this->GetOption("CPACK_BUNDLE_NAME");
-    bundle_path += ".app";
+    bundle_path =
+      cmStrCat(src_dir, '/', this->GetOption("CPACK_BUNDLE_NAME"), ".app");
 
     // A list of additional files to sign, ie. frameworks and plugins.
     const std::string sign_parameter =
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.cxx
index f888a5f..9e05d86 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.cxx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmCPackComponentGroup.h"
 
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -14,9 +15,7 @@ unsigned long cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSize(
   }
 
   for (std::string const& file : this->Files) {
-    std::string path = installDir;
-    path += '/';
-    path += file;
+    std::string path = cmStrCat(installDir, '/', file);
     this->TotalSize += cmSystemTools::FileLength(path);
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator.cxx
index 49a9f15..553a677 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator.cxx
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ int cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator::InitializeInternal()
 
 int cmCPackCygwinBinaryGenerator::PackageFiles()
 {
-  std::string packageName = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME");
-  packageName += "-";
-  packageName += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION");
+  std::string packageName =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME"), '-',
+             this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION"));
   packageName = cmsys::SystemTools::LowerCase(packageName);
-  std::string manifest = "/usr/share/doc/";
-  manifest += packageName;
-  manifest += "/MANIFEST";
+  std::string manifest = cmStrCat("/usr/share/doc/", packageName, "/MANIFEST");
   std::string manifestFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
   // Create a MANIFEST file that contains all of the files in
   // the tar file
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator.cxx
index 889f29a..8cae9b4 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator.cxx
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ int cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator::PackageFiles()
 {
   // Create a tar file of the sources
   std::string packageDirFileName =
-    this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-  packageDirFileName += ".tar.bz2";
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), ".tar.bz2");
   packageFileNames[0] = packageDirFileName;
   std::string output;
   // skip one parent up to the cmCPackTarBZip2Generator
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ int cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator::PackageFiles()
                     << this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY") << "]\n");
     return 0;
   }
-  std::string outerTarFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-  outerTarFile += "-";
+  std::string outerTarFile =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), '-');
   const char* patch = this->GetOption("CPACK_CYGWIN_PATCH_NUMBER");
   if (!patch) {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_WARNING,
@@ -106,19 +105,18 @@ int cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator::PackageFiles()
   outerTarFile += patch;
   outerTarFile += "-src.tar.bz2";
   std::string tmpDir = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  std::string buildScript = tmpDir;
-  buildScript += "/";
-  buildScript += cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(
-    this->GetOption("CPACK_CYGWIN_BUILD_SCRIPT"));
-  std::string patchFile = tmpDir;
-  patchFile += "/";
-  patchFile +=
-    cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(this->GetOption("CPACK_CYGWIN_PATCH_FILE"));
+  std::string buildScript =
+    cmStrCat(tmpDir, '/',
+             cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_CYGWIN_BUILD_SCRIPT")));
+  std::string patchFile =
+    cmStrCat(tmpDir, '/',
+             cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_CYGWIN_PATCH_FILE")));
 
   std::string file = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(compressOutFile);
-  std::string sourceTar = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(compressOutFile);
-  sourceTar += "/";
-  sourceTar += file;
+  std::string sourceTar =
+    cmStrCat(cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(compressOutFile), '/', file);
   /* reset list of file to be packaged */
   files.clear();
   // a source release in cygwin should have the build script used
@@ -140,8 +138,8 @@ int cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator::PackageFiles()
 
 const char* cmCPackCygwinSourceGenerator::GetPackagingInstallPrefix()
 {
-  this->InstallPrefix = "/";
-  this->InstallPrefix += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
+  this->InstallPrefix =
+    cmStrCat('/', this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"));
   return this->InstallPrefix.c_str();
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
index 7c2f21a..db336b0 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ void DebGenerator::generateControlFile() const
 
   unsigned long totalSize = 0;
   {
-    std::string dirName = TemporaryDir;
-    dirName += '/';
+    std::string dirName = cmStrCat(TemporaryDir, '/');
     for (std::string const& file : PackageFiles) {
       totalSize += cmSystemTools::FileLength(file);
     }
@@ -248,8 +247,7 @@ std::string DebGenerator::generateMD5File() const
 
   cmGeneratedFileStream out(md5filename);
 
-  std::string topLevelWithTrailingSlash = TemporaryDir;
-  topLevelWithTrailingSlash += '/';
+  std::string topLevelWithTrailingSlash = cmStrCat(TemporaryDir, '/');
   for (std::string const& file : PackageFiles) {
     // hash only regular files
     if (cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(file) ||
@@ -469,8 +467,7 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::PackageOnePack(std::string const& initialTopLevel,
   // Tell CPackDeb.cmake the name of the component GROUP.
   this->SetOption("CPACK_DEB_PACKAGE_COMPONENT", packageName.c_str());
   // Tell CPackDeb.cmake the path where the component is.
-  std::string component_path = "/";
-  component_path += packageName;
+  std::string component_path = cmStrCat('/', packageName);
   this->SetOption("CPACK_DEB_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_PART_PATH",
                   component_path.c_str());
   if (!this->ReadListFile("Internal/CPack/CPackDeb.cmake")) {
@@ -500,9 +497,8 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::PackageOnePack(std::string const& initialTopLevel,
     retval = 0;
   }
   // add the generated package to package file names list
-  packageFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  packageFileName += "/";
-  packageFileName += this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME");
+  packageFileName = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), '/',
+                             this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME"));
   packageFileNames.push_back(std::move(packageFileName));
 
   if (this->IsOn("GEN_CPACK_DEBIAN_DEBUGINFO_PACKAGE")) {
@@ -524,9 +520,9 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::PackageOnePack(std::string const& initialTopLevel,
       retval = 0;
     }
     // add the generated package to package file names list
-    packageFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-    packageFileName += "/";
-    packageFileName += this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_DBGSYM_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME");
+    packageFileName =
+      cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), '/',
+               this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_DBGSYM_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME"));
     packageFileNames.push_back(std::move(packageFileName));
   }
 
@@ -614,8 +610,7 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::PackageComponentsAllInOne(
 
   if (!compInstDirName.empty()) {
     // Tell CPackDeb.cmake the path where the component is.
-    std::string component_path = "/";
-    component_path += compInstDirName;
+    std::string component_path = cmStrCat('/', compInstDirName);
     this->SetOption("CPACK_DEB_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_PART_PATH",
                     component_path.c_str());
   }
@@ -644,9 +639,8 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::PackageComponentsAllInOne(
     retval = 0;
   }
   // add the generated package to package file names list
-  packageFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  packageFileName += "/";
-  packageFileName += this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME");
+  packageFileName = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), '/',
+                             this->GetOption("GEN_CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME"));
   packageFileNames.push_back(std::move(packageFileName));
   return retval;
 }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDragNDropGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDragNDropGenerator.cxx
index 85faa61..2aa0612 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDragNDropGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDragNDropGenerator.cxx
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ int cmCPackDragNDropGenerator::PackageFiles()
     full_package_name += std::string(GetOutputExtension());
     packageFileNames.push_back(full_package_name);
 
-    std::string src_dir = toplevel;
-    src_dir += "/";
-    src_dir += package_file;
+    std::string src_dir = cmStrCat(toplevel, '/', package_file);
 
     if (0 == this->CreateDMG(src_dir, full_package_name)) {
       return 0;
@@ -409,8 +407,8 @@ int cmCPackDragNDropGenerator::CreateDMG(const std::string& src_dir,
   }
 
   // Create a temporary read-write disk image ...
-  std::string temp_image = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  temp_image += "/temp.dmg";
+  std::string temp_image =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/temp.dmg");
 
   std::string create_error;
   std::ostringstream temp_image_command;
@@ -522,8 +520,8 @@ int cmCPackDragNDropGenerator::CreateDMG(const std::string& src_dir,
   if (!cpack_license_file.empty() || !slaDirectory.empty()) {
     // Use old hardcoded style if sla_dir is not set
     bool oldStyle = slaDirectory.empty();
-    std::string sla_r = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-    sla_r += "/sla.r";
+    std::string sla_r =
+      cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/sla.r");
 
     std::vector<std::string> languages;
     if (!oldStyle) {
@@ -649,8 +647,8 @@ int cmCPackDragNDropGenerator::CreateDMG(const std::string& src_dir,
     if (temp_image_format != "UDZO") {
       temp_image_format = "UDZO";
       // convert to UDZO to enable unflatten/flatten
-      std::string temp_udzo = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-      temp_udzo += "/temp-udzo.dmg";
+      std::string temp_udzo = cmStrCat(
+        this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/temp-udzo.dmg");
 
       std::ostringstream udco_image_command;
       udco_image_command << this->GetOption("CPACK_COMMAND_HDIUTIL");
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
index f3de53c..0e9f1b6 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::PrepareNames()
     }
   }
 
-  std::string tempDirectory = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY");
-  tempDirectory += "/_CPack_Packages/";
+  std::string tempDirectory =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY"), "/_CPack_Packages/");
   const char* toplevelTag = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG");
   if (toplevelTag) {
     tempDirectory += toplevelTag;
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProject()
   }
 
   if (setDestDir) {
-    std::string destDir = "DESTDIR=";
-    destDir += tempInstallDirectory;
+    std::string destDir = cmStrCat("DESTDIR=", tempInstallDirectory);
     cmSystemTools::PutEnv(destDir);
   } else {
     // Make sure there is no destdir
@@ -271,8 +270,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProjectViaInstallCommands(
   (void)setDestDir;
   const char* installCommands = this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS");
   if (installCommands && *installCommands) {
-    std::string tempInstallDirectoryEnv = "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=";
-    tempInstallDirectoryEnv += tempInstallDirectory;
+    std::string tempInstallDirectoryEnv =
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=", tempInstallDirectory);
     cmSystemTools::PutEnv(tempInstallDirectoryEnv);
     std::vector<std::string> installCommandsVector;
     cmExpandList(installCommands, installCommandsVector);
@@ -284,8 +283,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProjectViaInstallCommands(
         ic, &output, &output, &retVal, nullptr, this->GeneratorVerbose,
         cmDuration::zero());
       if (!resB || retVal) {
-        std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-        tmpFile += "/InstallOutput.log";
+        std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(
+          this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/InstallOutput.log");
         cmGeneratedFileStream ofs(tmpFile);
         ofs << "# Run command: " << ic << std::endl
             << "# Output:" << std::endl
@@ -343,8 +342,7 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProjectViaInstalledDirectories(
       std::string top = *it;
       it++;
       std::string subdir = *it;
-      std::string findExpr = top;
-      findExpr += "/*";
+      std::string findExpr = cmStrCat(top, "/*");
       cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_OUTPUT,
                     "- Install directory: " << top << std::endl);
       gl.RecurseOn();
@@ -372,8 +370,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProjectViaInstalledDirectories(
         if (skip) {
           continue;
         }
-        std::string filePath = tempDir;
-        filePath += "/" + subdir + "/" + cmSystemTools::RelativePath(top, gf);
+        std::string filePath = cmStrCat(tempDir, '/', subdir, '/',
+                                        cmSystemTools::RelativePath(top, gf));
         cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_DEBUG,
                       "Copy file: " << inFile << " -> " << filePath
                                     << std::endl);
@@ -398,8 +396,7 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallProjectViaInstalledDirectories(
       /* rebuild symlinks in the installed tree */
       if (!symlinkedFiles.empty()) {
         std::string curDir = cmSystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory();
-        std::string goToDir = tempDir;
-        goToDir += "/" + subdir;
+        std::string goToDir = cmStrCat(tempDir, '/', subdir);
         cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_DEBUG,
                       "Change dir to: " << goToDir << std::endl);
         cmWorkingDirectory workdir(goToDir);
@@ -662,8 +659,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::RunPreinstallTarget(
       buildCommand, &output, &output, &retVal, installDirectory.c_str(),
       this->GeneratorVerbose, cmDuration::zero());
     if (!resB || retVal) {
-      std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-      tmpFile += "/PreinstallOutput.log";
+      std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(
+        this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/PreinstallOutput.log");
       cmGeneratedFileStream ofs(tmpFile);
       ofs << "# Run command: " << buildCommand << std::endl
           << "# Directory: " << installDirectory << std::endl
@@ -911,10 +908,8 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::InstallCMakeProject(
         GetComponentInstallDirNameSuffix(component);
       if (nullptr != this->GetOption(absoluteDestFileComponent)) {
         std::string absoluteDestFilesListComponent =
-          this->GetOption(absoluteDestFileComponent);
-        absoluteDestFilesListComponent += ";";
-        absoluteDestFilesListComponent +=
-          mf.GetDefinition("CPACK_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES");
+          cmStrCat(this->GetOption(absoluteDestFileComponent), ';',
+                   mf.GetDefinition("CPACK_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES"));
         this->SetOption(absoluteDestFileComponent,
                         absoluteDestFilesListComponent.c_str());
       } else {
@@ -1006,8 +1001,7 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::DoPackage()
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_DEBUG, "Find files" << std::endl);
   cmsys::Glob gl;
-  std::string findExpr = tempDirectory;
-  findExpr += "/*";
+  std::string findExpr = cmStrCat(tempDirectory, "/*");
   gl.RecurseOn();
   gl.SetRecurseListDirs(true);
   gl.SetRecurseThroughSymlinks(false);
@@ -1203,8 +1197,7 @@ const char* cmCPackGenerator::GetInstallPath()
   if (cmsys::SystemTools::GetEnv("ProgramFiles", prgfiles)) {
     this->InstallPath = prgfiles;
   } else if (cmsys::SystemTools::GetEnv("SystemDrive", sysDrive)) {
-    this->InstallPath = sysDrive;
-    this->InstallPath += "/Program Files";
+    this->InstallPath = cmStrCat(sysDrive, "/Program Files");
   } else {
     this->InstallPath = "c:/Program Files";
   }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackNSISGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackNSISGenerator.cxx
index 7ca343a..41ffa0e 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackNSISGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackNSISGenerator.cxx
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ int cmCPackNSISGenerator::PackageFiles()
   }
 
   std::string nsisFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  std::string tmpFile = nsisFileName;
-  tmpFile += "/NSISOutput.log";
+  std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(nsisFileName, "/NSISOutput.log");
   std::string nsisInstallOptions = nsisFileName + "/NSIS.InstallOptions.ini";
   nsisFileName += "/project.nsi";
   std::ostringstream str;
@@ -142,39 +141,34 @@ int cmCPackNSISGenerator::PackageFiles()
                             installerIconCode.c_str());
   }
   if (this->IsSet("CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON")) {
-    std::string installerIconCode = "!define MUI_HEADERIMAGE_BITMAP \"";
-    installerIconCode += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON");
-    installerIconCode += "\"\n";
+    std::string installerIconCode =
+      cmStrCat("!define MUI_HEADERIMAGE_BITMAP \"",
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON"), "\"\n");
     this->SetOptionIfNotSet("CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLER_ICON_CODE",
                             installerIconCode.c_str());
   }
 
   if (this->IsSet("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP")) {
-    std::string installerBitmapCode =
-      "!define MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP \"";
-    installerBitmapCode +=
-      this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP");
-    installerBitmapCode += "\"\n";
+    std::string installerBitmapCode = cmStrCat(
+      "!define MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP \"",
+      this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP"), "\"\n");
     this->SetOptionIfNotSet("CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLER_MUI_WELCOMEFINISH_CODE",
                             installerBitmapCode.c_str());
   }
 
   if (this->IsSet("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP")) {
-    std::string installerBitmapCode =
-      "!define MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP \"";
-    installerBitmapCode +=
-      this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP");
-    installerBitmapCode += "\"\n";
+    std::string installerBitmapCode = cmStrCat(
+      "!define MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP \"",
+      this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP"), "\"\n");
     this->SetOptionIfNotSet("CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLER_MUI_UNWELCOMEFINISH_CODE",
                             installerBitmapCode.c_str());
   }
 
   if (this->IsSet("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN")) {
-    std::string installerRunCode = "!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN \"$INSTDIR\\";
-    installerRunCode += this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLES_DIRECTORY");
-    installerRunCode += "\\";
-    installerRunCode += this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN");
-    installerRunCode += "\"\n";
+    std::string installerRunCode =
+      cmStrCat("!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN \"$INSTDIR\\",
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLES_DIRECTORY"), '\\',
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_NSIS_MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN"), "\"\n");
     this->SetOptionIfNotSet("CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLER_MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_CODE",
                             installerRunCode.c_str());
   }
@@ -297,9 +291,9 @@ int cmCPackNSISGenerator::PackageFiles()
 
   this->ConfigureFile(nsisInInstallOptions, nsisInstallOptions);
   this->ConfigureFile(nsisInFileName, nsisFileName);
-  std::string nsisCmd = "\"";
-  nsisCmd += this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALLER_PROGRAM");
-  nsisCmd += "\" \"" + nsisFileName + "\"";
+  std::string nsisCmd =
+    cmStrCat('"', this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALLER_PROGRAM"), "\" \"",
+             nsisFileName, '"');
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE, "Execute: " << nsisCmd << std::endl);
   std::string output;
   int retVal = 1;
@@ -415,8 +409,7 @@ int cmCPackNSISGenerator::InitializeInternal()
   if (!resS || retVal ||
       (!versionRex.find(output) && !versionRexCVS.find(output))) {
     const char* topDir = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-    std::string tmpFile = topDir ? topDir : ".";
-    tmpFile += "/NSISOutput.log";
+    std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(topDir ? topDir : ".", "/NSISOutput.log");
     cmGeneratedFileStream ofs(tmpFile);
     ofs << "# Run command: " << nsisCmd << std::endl
         << "# Output:" << std::endl
@@ -573,8 +566,7 @@ void cmCPackNSISGenerator::CreateMenuLinks(std::ostream& str,
     }
     // see if CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINK_ExeName is on
     // if so add a desktop link
-    std::string desktop = "CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINK_";
-    desktop += linkName;
+    std::string desktop = cmStrCat("CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINK_", linkName);
     if (this->IsSet(desktop)) {
       str << "  StrCmp \"$INSTALL_DESKTOP\" \"1\" 0 +2\n";
       str << "    CreateShortCut \"$DESKTOP\\" << linkName
@@ -656,8 +648,8 @@ std::string cmCPackNSISGenerator::CreateComponentDescription(
   if (component->IsDownloaded) {
     if (component->ArchiveFile.empty()) {
       // Compute the name of the archive.
-      std::string packagesDir = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-      packagesDir += ".dummy";
+      std::string packagesDir =
+        cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), ".dummy");
       std::ostringstream out;
       out << cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(packagesDir) << "-"
           << component->Name << ".zip";
@@ -671,8 +663,8 @@ std::string cmCPackNSISGenerator::CreateComponentDescription(
     if (userUploadDirectory && *userUploadDirectory) {
       uploadDirectory = userUploadDirectory;
     } else {
-      uploadDirectory = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY");
-      uploadDirectory += "/CPackUploads";
+      uploadDirectory =
+        cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY"), "/CPackUploads");
     }
     if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(uploadDirectory)) {
       if (!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(uploadDirectory)) {
@@ -709,15 +701,13 @@ std::string cmCPackNSISGenerator::CreateComponentDescription(
     }
 
     // The directory where this component's files reside
-    std::string dirName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-    dirName += '/';
-    dirName += component->Name;
-    dirName += '/';
+    std::string dirName = cmStrCat(
+      this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), '/', component->Name, '/');
 
     // Build the list of files to go into this archive, and determine the
     // size of the installed component.
-    std::string zipListFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-    zipListFileName += "/winZip.filelist";
+    std::string zipListFileName = cmStrCat(
+      this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), "/winZip.filelist");
     bool needQuotesInFile = cmIsOn(this->GetOption("CPACK_ZIP_NEED_QUOTES"));
     unsigned long totalSize = 0;
     { // the scope is needed for cmGeneratedFileStream
@@ -747,8 +737,8 @@ std::string cmCPackNSISGenerator::CreateComponentDescription(
       cmd, &output, &output, &retVal, dirName.c_str(),
       cmSystemTools::OUTPUT_NONE, cmDuration::zero());
     if (!res || retVal) {
-      std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-      tmpFile += "/CompressZip.log";
+      std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(
+        this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/CompressZip.log");
       cmGeneratedFileStream ofs(tmpFile);
       ofs << "# Run command: " << cmd << std::endl
           << "# Output:" << std::endl
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.cxx
index 7cc48f4..ffa8a42 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.cxx
@@ -55,16 +55,14 @@ int cmCPackOSXX11Generator::PackageFiles()
     diskImageDirectory + "/.background";
 
   // App bundle directories
-  std::string packageDirFileName = toplevel;
-  packageDirFileName += "/";
-  packageDirFileName += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
-  packageDirFileName += ".app";
+  std::string packageDirFileName = cmStrCat(
+    toplevel, '/', this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"), ".app");
   std::string contentsDirectory = packageDirFileName + "/Contents";
   std::string resourcesDirectory = contentsDirectory + "/Resources";
   std::string appDirectory = contentsDirectory + "/MacOS";
   std::string scriptDirectory = resourcesDirectory + "/Scripts";
-  std::string resourceFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
-  resourceFileName += ".rsrc";
+  std::string resourceFileName =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"), ".rsrc");
 
   const char* dir = resourcesDirectory.c_str();
   const char* appdir = appDirectory.c_str();
@@ -113,13 +111,10 @@ int cmCPackOSXX11Generator::PackageFiles()
   }
 
   // Two of the files need to have execute permission, so ensure they do:
-  std::string runTimeScript = dir;
-  runTimeScript += "/";
-  runTimeScript += "RuntimeScript";
+  std::string runTimeScript = cmStrCat(dir, "/RuntimeScript");
 
-  std::string appScriptName = appdir;
-  appScriptName += "/";
-  appScriptName += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
+  std::string appScriptName =
+    cmStrCat(appdir, '/', this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"));
 
   mode_t mode;
   if (cmsys::SystemTools::GetPermissions(runTimeScript.c_str(), mode)) {
@@ -139,8 +134,8 @@ int cmCPackOSXX11Generator::PackageFiles()
   }
 
   std::string output;
-  std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  tmpFile += "/hdiutilOutput.log";
+  std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"),
+                                 "/hdiutilOutput.log");
   std::ostringstream dmgCmd;
   dmgCmd << "\"" << this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALLER_PROGRAM_DISK_IMAGE")
          << "\" create -ov -fs HFS+ -format UDZO -srcfolder \""
@@ -228,9 +223,8 @@ bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyCreateResourceFile(const std::string& name)
     return false;
     }
 
-  std::string destFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  destFileName += "/Resources/";
-  destFileName += name + ext;
+  std::string destFileName = cmStrCat(
+this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/Resources/", name, ext );
 
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE, "Configure file: "
@@ -245,9 +239,7 @@ bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyResourcePlistFile(
   const std::string& name, const std::string& dir,
   const char* outputFileName /* = 0 */, bool copyOnly /* = false */)
 {
-  std::string inFName = "Internal/CPack/CPack.";
-  inFName += name;
-  inFName += ".in";
+  std::string inFName = cmStrCat("Internal/CPack/CPack.", name, ".in");
   std::string inFileName = this->FindTemplate(inFName.c_str());
   if (inFileName.empty()) {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR,
@@ -259,9 +251,7 @@ bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyResourcePlistFile(
     outputFileName = name.c_str();
   }
 
-  std::string destFileName = dir;
-  destFileName += "/";
-  destFileName += outputFileName;
+  std::string destFileName = cmStrCat(dir, '/', outputFileName);
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE,
                 "Configure file: " << inFileName << " to " << destFileName
@@ -272,8 +262,8 @@ bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyResourcePlistFile(
 
 const char* cmCPackOSXX11Generator::GetPackagingInstallPrefix()
 {
-  this->InstallPrefix = "/";
-  this->InstallPrefix += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME");
-  this->InstallPrefix += ".app/Contents/Resources";
+  this->InstallPrefix =
+    cmStrCat('/', this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME"),
+             ".app/Contents/Resources");
   return this->InstallPrefix.c_str();
 }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackPKGGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackPKGGenerator.cxx
index d361921..3e1a51b 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackPKGGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackPKGGenerator.cxx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "cmCPackComponentGroup.h"
 #include "cmCPackGenerator.h"
 #include "cmCPackLog.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLWriter.h"
 
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ std::string cmCPackPKGGenerator::GetPackageName(
   const cmCPackComponent& component)
 {
   if (component.ArchiveFile.empty()) {
-    std::string packagesDir = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-    packagesDir += ".dummy";
+    std::string packagesDir =
+      cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), ".dummy");
     std::ostringstream out;
     out << cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(packagesDir) << "-"
         << component.Name << ".pkg";
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ void cmCPackPKGGenerator::WriteDistributionFile(const char* metapackageFile)
     return;
   }
 
-  std::string distributionFile = metapackageFile;
-  distributionFile += "/Contents/distribution.dist";
+  std::string distributionFile =
+    cmStrCat(metapackageFile, "/Contents/distribution.dist");
 
   // Create the choice outline, which provides a tree-based view of
   // the components in their groups.
@@ -144,12 +145,9 @@ void cmCPackPKGGenerator::CreateChoice(const cmCPackComponentGroup& group,
 void cmCPackPKGGenerator::CreateChoice(const cmCPackComponent& component,
                                        cmXMLWriter& xout)
 {
-  std::string packageId = "com.";
-  packageId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR");
-  packageId += '.';
-  packageId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME");
-  packageId += '.';
-  packageId += component.Name;
+  std::string packageId =
+    cmStrCat("com.", this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR"), '.',
+             this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME"), '.', component.Name);
 
   xout.StartElement("choice");
   xout.Attribute("id", component.Name + "Choice");
@@ -192,14 +190,13 @@ void cmCPackPKGGenerator::CreateChoice(const cmCPackComponent& component,
 
   // Create a description of the package associated with this
   // component.
-  std::string relativePackageLocation = "Contents/Packages/";
-  relativePackageLocation += this->GetPackageName(component);
+  std::string relativePackageLocation =
+    cmStrCat("Contents/Packages/", this->GetPackageName(component));
 
   // Determine the installed size of the package.
-  std::string dirName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
-  dirName += '/';
-  dirName += component.Name;
-  dirName += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX");
+  std::string dirName =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY"), '/', component.Name,
+             this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX"));
   unsigned long installedSize = component.GetInstalledSizeInKbytes(dirName);
 
   xout.StartElement("pkg-ref");
@@ -282,9 +279,7 @@ bool cmCPackPKGGenerator::CopyCreateResourceFile(const std::string& name,
     return false;
   }
 
-  std::string destFileName = dirName;
-  destFileName += '/';
-  destFileName += name + ext;
+  std::string destFileName = cmStrCat(dirName, '/', name, ext);
 
   // Set this so that distribution.dist gets the right name (without
   // the path).
@@ -305,9 +300,7 @@ bool cmCPackPKGGenerator::CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name,
     outName = name.c_str();
   }
 
-  std::string inFName = "Internal/CPack/CPack.";
-  inFName += name;
-  inFName += ".in";
+  std::string inFName = cmStrCat("Internal/CPack/CPack.", name, ".in");
   std::string inFileName = this->FindTemplate(inFName.c_str());
   if (inFileName.empty()) {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR,
@@ -315,9 +308,8 @@ bool cmCPackPKGGenerator::CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name,
     return false;
   }
 
-  std::string destFileName = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  destFileName += "/";
-  destFileName += outName;
+  std::string destFileName =
+    cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), '/', outName);
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE,
                 "Configure file: " << inFileName << " to " << destFileName
@@ -330,9 +322,7 @@ int cmCPackPKGGenerator::CopyInstallScript(const std::string& resdir,
                                            const std::string& script,
                                            const std::string& name)
 {
-  std::string dst = resdir;
-  dst += "/";
-  dst += name;
+  std::string dst = cmStrCat(resdir, '/', name);
   cmSystemTools::CopyFileAlways(script, dst);
   cmSystemTools::SetPermissions(dst.c_str(), 0777);
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE,
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.cxx
index 3d93c48..5dc36ab 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.cxx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "cmCPackLog.h"
 #include "cmDuration.h"
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLWriter.h"
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
     this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
   if (this->Components.empty()) {
     packageDirFileName += ".pkg";
-    resDir = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-    resDir += "/Resources";
+    resDir =
+      cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), "/Resources");
   } else {
     packageDirFileName += ".mpkg";
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::MakeDirectory(packageDirFileName.c_str())) {
@@ -58,8 +59,7 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
       return 0;
     }
 
-    resDir = packageDirFileName;
-    resDir += "/Contents";
+    resDir = cmStrCat(packageDirFileName, "/Contents");
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::MakeDirectory(resDir.c_str())) {
       cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR,
                     "unable to create package subdirectory " << resDir
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
 
   if (!this->Components.empty()) {
     // Create the directory where component packages will be built.
-    std::string basePackageDir = packageDirFileName;
-    basePackageDir += "/Contents/Packages";
+    std::string basePackageDir =
+      cmStrCat(packageDirFileName, "/Contents/Packages");
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::MakeDirectory(basePackageDir.c_str())) {
       cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR,
                     "Problem creating component packages directory: "
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
     if (userUploadDirectory && *userUploadDirectory) {
       uploadDirectory = userUploadDirectory;
     } else {
-      uploadDirectory = this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY");
-      uploadDirectory += "/CPackUploads";
+      uploadDirectory =
+        cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY"), "/CPackUploads");
     }
 
     // Create packages for each component
@@ -232,9 +232,7 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
       packageFile += '/';
       packageFile += GetPackageName(compIt->second);
 
-      std::string packageDir = toplevel;
-      packageDir += '/';
-      packageDir += compIt->first;
+      std::string packageDir = cmStrCat(toplevel, '/', compIt->first);
       if (!this->GenerateComponentPackage(
             packageFile.c_str(), packageDir.c_str(), compIt->second)) {
         return 0;
@@ -283,8 +281,8 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::PackageFiles()
     WriteDistributionFile(packageDirFileName.c_str());
   }
 
-  std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  tmpFile += "/hdiutilOutput.log";
+  std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"),
+                                 "/hdiutilOutput.log");
   std::ostringstream dmgCmd;
   dmgCmd << "\"" << this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALLER_PROGRAM_DISK_IMAGE")
          << "\" create -ov -fs HFS+ -format UDZO -srcfolder \""
@@ -461,8 +459,8 @@ int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::InitializeInternal()
 bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::RunPackageMaker(const char* command,
                                                    const char* packageFile)
 {
-  std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  tmpFile += "/PackageMakerOutput.log";
+  std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"),
+                                 "/PackageMakerOutput.log");
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE, "Execute: " << command << std::endl);
   std::string output;
@@ -517,8 +515,9 @@ bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::GenerateComponentPackage(
       this->PackageMakerVersion < 3.0) {
     // Create Description.plist and Info.plist files for normal Mac OS
     // X packages, which work on Mac OS X 10.3 and newer.
-    std::string descriptionFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-    descriptionFile += '/' + component.Name + "-Description.plist";
+    std::string descriptionFile =
+      cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"), '/',
+               component.Name, "-Description.plist");
     cmsys::ofstream out(descriptionFile.c_str());
     cmXMLWriter xout(out);
     xout.StartDocument();
@@ -539,12 +538,10 @@ bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::GenerateComponentPackage(
     out.close();
 
     // Create the Info.plist file for this component
-    std::string moduleVersionSuffix = ".";
-    moduleVersionSuffix += component.Name;
+    std::string moduleVersionSuffix = cmStrCat('.', component.Name);
     this->SetOption("CPACK_MODULE_VERSION_SUFFIX",
                     moduleVersionSuffix.c_str());
-    std::string infoFileName = component.Name;
-    infoFileName += "-Info.plist";
+    std::string infoFileName = cmStrCat(component.Name, "-Info.plist");
     if (!this->CopyResourcePlistFile("Info.plist", infoFileName.c_str())) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -561,12 +558,9 @@ bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::GenerateComponentPackage(
     // like normal packages, and can be downloaded by the installer
     // on-the-fly in Mac OS X 10.5 or newer. Thus, we need to create
     // flat packages when the packages will be downloaded on the fly.
-    std::string pkgId = "com.";
-    pkgId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR");
-    pkgId += '.';
-    pkgId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME");
-    pkgId += '.';
-    pkgId += component.Name;
+    std::string pkgId =
+      cmStrCat("com.", this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR"), '.',
+               this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME"), '.', component.Name);
 
     pkgCmd << "\"" << this->GetOption("CPACK_INSTALLER_PROGRAM")
            << "\" --root \"" << packageDir << "\""
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackProductBuildGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackProductBuildGenerator.cxx
index 94b5b5f..800af28 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackProductBuildGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackProductBuildGenerator.cxx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "cmCPackLog.h"
 #include "cmDuration.h"
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::cmCPackProductBuildGenerator()
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ int cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::PackageFiles()
     this->GetOption("CPACK_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY");
 
   // Create the directory where component packages will be built.
-  std::string basePackageDir = packageDirFileName;
-  basePackageDir += "/Contents/Packages";
+  std::string basePackageDir =
+    cmStrCat(packageDirFileName, "/Contents/Packages");
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::MakeDirectory(basePackageDir.c_str())) {
     cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_ERROR,
                   "Problem creating component packages directory: "
@@ -41,9 +42,7 @@ int cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::PackageFiles()
     std::map<std::string, cmCPackComponent>::iterator compIt;
     for (compIt = this->Components.begin(); compIt != this->Components.end();
          ++compIt) {
-      std::string packageDir = toplevel;
-      packageDir += '/';
-      packageDir += compIt->first;
+      std::string packageDir = cmStrCat(toplevel, '/', compIt->first);
       if (!this->GenerateComponentPackage(basePackageDir,
                                           GetPackageName(compIt->second),
                                           packageDir, &compIt->second)) {
@@ -138,8 +137,8 @@ int cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::InitializeInternal()
 
 bool cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::RunProductBuild(const std::string& command)
 {
-  std::string tmpFile = this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY");
-  tmpFile += "/ProductBuildOutput.log";
+  std::string tmpFile = cmStrCat(this->GetOption("CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY"),
+                                 "/ProductBuildOutput.log");
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE, "Execute: " << command << std::endl);
   std::string output;
@@ -166,9 +165,7 @@ bool cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::GenerateComponentPackage(
   const std::string& packageFileDir, const std::string& packageFileName,
   const std::string& packageDir, const cmCPackComponent* component)
 {
-  std::string packageFile = packageFileDir;
-  packageFile += '/';
-  packageFile += packageFileName;
+  std::string packageFile = cmStrCat(packageFileDir, '/', packageFileName);
 
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_OUTPUT,
                 "-   Building component package: " << packageFile
@@ -206,10 +203,8 @@ bool cmCPackProductBuildGenerator::GenerateComponentPackage(
   // The command that will be used to run ProductBuild
   std::ostringstream pkgCmd;
 
-  std::string pkgId = "com.";
-  pkgId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR");
-  pkgId += '.';
-  pkgId += this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME");
+  std::string pkgId = cmStrCat("com.", this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR"),
+                               '.', this->GetOption("CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME"));
   if (component) {
     pkgId += '.';
     pkgId += component->Name;
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackRPMGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackRPMGenerator.cxx
index 9ffebf5..0f621cc 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackRPMGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackRPMGenerator.cxx
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ int cmCPackRPMGenerator::PackageOnePack(std::string const& initialToplevel,
   // Tell CPackRPM.cmake the name of the component NAME.
   this->SetOption("CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT", packageName.c_str());
   // Tell CPackRPM.cmake the path where the component is.
-  std::string component_path = "/";
-  component_path += packageName;
+  std::string component_path = cmStrCat('/', packageName);
   this->SetOption("CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_PART_PATH",
                   component_path.c_str());
   if (!this->ReadListFile("Internal/CPack/CPackRPM.cmake")) {
@@ -376,8 +375,7 @@ int cmCPackRPMGenerator::PackageComponentsAllInOne(
 
   if (!compInstDirName.empty()) {
     // Tell CPackRPM.cmake the path where the component is.
-    std::string component_path = "/";
-    component_path += compInstDirName;
+    std::string component_path = cmStrCat('/', compInstDirName);
     this->SetOption("CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_PART_PATH",
                     component_path.c_str());
   }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
index 5abf0ab..a98fabc 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 
   bool cpackConfigFileSpecified = true;
   if (cpackConfigFile.empty()) {
-    cpackConfigFile = cmSystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory();
-    cpackConfigFile += "/CPackConfig.cmake";
+    cpackConfigFile = cmStrCat(cmSystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory(),
+                               "/CPackConfig.cmake");
     cpackConfigFileSpecified = false;
   }