+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Simulation support libraries for FlightGear and related projects")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "The FlightGear project")
+SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
+SET(CPACK_INSTALL_CMAKE_PROJECTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};SimGear;ALL;/)
+
+# split version string into components, note CMAKE_MATCH_0 is the entire regexp match
+string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${SIMGEAR_VERSION} )
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_2})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${CMAKE_MATCH_3})
+
+message(STATUS "version is ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR} dot ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR} dot ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")