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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2020-04-27 11:45:11 (GMT)
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Help: Reference policy CMP0082 from install() command docs
The policy plays an important role in the behavior of the `install()` command, so the latter's documentation should mention it.
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Introduction
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-This command generates installation rules for a project. Rules
-specified by calls to this command within a source directory are
-executed in order during installation. The order across directories
-is not defined.
+This command generates installation rules for a project. Install rules
+specified by calls to the ``install()`` command within a source directory
+are executed in order during installation. Install rules in subdirectories
+added by calls to the :command:`add_subdirectory` command are interleaved
+with those in the parent directory to run in the order declared (see
+policy :policy:`CMP0082`).
There are multiple signatures for this command. Some of them define
installation options for files and targets. Options common to