cowwoc
15th February 2006 00:18 UTC

Setting cmopression method from command-line
Hi,

I need to be able to specify the compression method used from command-line so for example my debug builds will use no compression and build faster and my release builds will use lzma which will add 10 seconds to my build time.

Is this currently possible or should I file a RFE?

Thanks,
Gili

dienjd
15th February 2006 00:26 UTC

Put this at the top of your script:
SetCompressor "${comptype}"

When you compile, pass in "... /DCOMPTYPE={zlib,bzip2,lzma} ..."

cowwoc
15th February 2006 00:28 UTC

Many thanks ;) I am consistently impressed with how flexible NSIS is!

Gili

Comperio
15th February 2006 00:53 UTC

makensis.exe has a few commands that you might be able to use:

• Use the /X command to specify a command
  EXAMPLE: /XSetCompress off
  
• Use the /D command to !define 'debug'
  EXAMPLE: in command line, use /Ddebug. Then in your script, you can use:
  

  
  !ifdef debug
     SetCompress off
  !else
     SetCompressor zlib
  !endif