Packaging with the qmake INSTALLS variable

[Mookie]

My question has details that are win32 specific, but the question itself is applicable cross-platform.

I have an application that is dependent on many DLLs and other file types in order to function. I currently use NSIS to package them but am moving toward automating this step in the project file.

Currently I am using the INSTALLS variable to copy all required files to a packaging directory, but need some sort of "post install" call of the NSIS executable. This would actually perform the packaging.

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS *= package
 
package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS *= package_media
 
# A target to execute (not sure how yet)
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" \"$${OUT_PWD}/package/package.nsi\"
 
# Set up an echo dependency to tell user what I'm doing
build_package.depends = build_package_echo
build_package_echo.commands = @echo Building package

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS *= package

package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS *= package_media

# A target to execute (not sure how yet)
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" \"$${OUT_PWD}/package/package.nsi\"

# Set up an echo dependency to tell user what I'm doing
build_package.depends = build_package_echo
build_package_echo.commands = @echo Building package

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How do I actually get the build_package target to execute?

It must be...

1. Only during the "make install" phase.
2. Only after all the INSTALLS copying is done.

[wysota]

Did you try "INSTALLS+=build_package"?

[Mookie]

build_package required that build_package.path be set first. See below...

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS += package
 
package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS += package_media
 
# Set the running directory
build_package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
# Set command to execute
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" package.nsi
build_package.depends = $${INSTALLS}
INSTALLS += build_package
 
# There are no further INSTALLS below here.

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS += package

package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS += package_media

# Set the running directory
build_package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
# Set command to execute
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" package.nsi
build_package.depends = $${INSTALLS}
INSTALLS += build_package

# There are no further INSTALLS below here.

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There appears to be an ordering problem now and I cannot ensure that build_package goes last.

I made the attempt to set a .depends above "INSTALLS += build_package" to force the issue, but it failed to do so.

[wysota]

Try:

build_package.depends += install_package install_package_media

build_package.depends += install_package install_package_media

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[Mookie]

Excellent. That worked.

I didn't realize that the .depends required the name-mangled version of the dependency target used by the makefile itself.

Thank you very much.

---

Added after 30 minutes:

The working solution. For posterity.

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS += package
 
package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS += package_media
 
# Do the packaging
#
# First, mangle all of my INSTALLS values. I depend on them.
unset(MANGLED_INSTALLS)
for(x, INSTALLS):MANGLED_INSTALLS += install_$${x}
build_package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" \"$${OUT_PWD}/package/package.nsi\"
build_package.depends = $${MANGLED_INSTALLS}
INSTALLS += build_package
 
# There are no further INSTALLS below here.

package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
package.files += myapp.exe package.nsi somelib.dll
INSTALLS += package

package_media.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package/media
package_media.files += image.jpg video.mpg
INSTALLS += package_media

# Do the packaging
#
# First, mangle all of my INSTALLS values. I depend on them.
unset(MANGLED_INSTALLS)
for(x, INSTALLS):MANGLED_INSTALLS += install_$${x}
build_package.path = $${OUT_PWD}/package
build_package.commands = \"C:/Program Files/NSIS/makensisw.exe\" \"$${OUT_PWD}/package/package.nsi\"
build_package.depends = $${MANGLED_INSTALLS}
INSTALLS += build_package

# There are no further INSTALLS below here.

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