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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+
+#TODO: Should we bundle system libraries for DLLs?
+#include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
+
+# For help take a look at:
+# http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackConfiguration
+
+### general settings
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Apache Thrift")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Apache Software Foundation")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "dev@thrift.apache.org")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}")
+set(CPACK_SYSTEM_NAME "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+
+### versions
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${thrift_VERSION_MAJOR})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${thrift_VERSION_MINOR})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${thrift_VERSION_PATCH})
+
+### source generator
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "~$;[.]swp$;/[.]svn/;/[.]git/;.gitignore;/build/;tags;cscope.*")
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+
+### zip generator
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "thrift")
+
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR "NSIS")
+    set(CPACK_NSIS_HELP_LINK "http://thrift.apache.org")
+    set(CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS
+        "http://thrift.apache.org" "Apache Thrift - Web Site"
+        "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT" "Apache Thrift - Issues")
+    set(CPACK_NSIS_CONTACT ${CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT})
+    set(CPACK_NSIS_MODIFY_PATH "ON")
+    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY ${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME})
+else()
+    set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB" )
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER ${CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT})
+endif()
+
+
+include(CPack)