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| author | Joachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de> | 2020-07-08 13:09:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | Joachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de> | 2020-07-08 13:09:19 (GMT) |
| commit | 9a25278f8c4cc569f4d5f5ce0a9686d2a5d27f4c (patch) | |
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Help: advise against CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in install DESTINATION.
as per my uncontradicted post
https://discourse.cmake.org/t/local-install-vs-install-for-cpack-absolute-vs-relative-path/623/2?u=jwuttke
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diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst index c8df7d9..c11eaf4 100644 --- a/Help/command/install.rst +++ b/Help/command/install.rst @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ signatures that specify them. The common options are: As absolute paths are not supported by :manual:`cpack <cpack(1)>` installer generators, it is preferable to use relative paths throughout. + In particular, there is no need to make paths absolute by prepending + :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`; this prefix is used by default if + the DESTINATION is a relative path. ``PERMISSIONS`` Specify permissions for installed files. Valid permissions are |