# README not packaged in tar.gz or .pkg file in CPack\_install\_scripts

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/readme-not-packaged-in-tar-gz-or-pkg-file-in-cpack-install-scripts/2192
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/readme-not-packaged-in-tar-gz-or-pkg-file-in-cpack-install-scripts/2192 "2020-11-17T18:27:25Z")
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### Author: ![craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/craig.scott/32/20_2.png) [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/readme-not-packaged-in-tar-gz-or-pkg-file-in-cpack-install-scripts/2192/2 "2020-11-17T22:36:20Z")

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Try using absolute paths for any files you reference, a relative path is fairly ambiguous when tools that use those paths could be running in different directories other than the source directory. This may require you to wire through variables like `CMAKE_BINARY_DIR` as mentioned by @ben.boeckel in another [forum discussion thread](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cpack-script-not-recognizing-cmake-binary-dir/2191/2).

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