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Asked: 2026-06-11T00:41:55+00:00

When you INCLUDE(CPack) in a CMakeLists.txt file, it adds a target named package to

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When you INCLUDE(CPack) in a CMakeLists.txt file, it adds a target named package to the generated build files. You can configure a lot of things about that generated target and how it operates, but I can’t seem to find a way to change the name of the target itself; i.e., instead of a generated Makefile containing a target named package, I’d like it to contain one named (for example) bundle instead. Is there any way to do this?

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    CMake only adds the default package target if a package config file named CPackConfig.cmake exists in the outermost binary build directory. By forcing the CPack module to generate the package file under a different name, you can prevent the package target from being created:

    set (CPACK_OUTPUT_CONFIG_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BundleConfig.cmake")
include(CPack)

    You can manually add a bundle target then:

    add_custom_target(bundle
    COMMAND "${CMAKE_CPACK_COMMAND}" 
    "-C" "$<CONFIGURATION>" "--config" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BundleConfig.cmake")

    This is also true for the default package_source target. Use the variable CPACK_SOURCE_OUTPUT_CONFIG_FILE to override the default package configuration file name CPackSourceConfig.cmake.

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