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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-02 12:55:08 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2018-10-02 12:55:15 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'install-directory-permissions-fix'
5e61b79b82 install: Set permissions on directories created by install(DIRECTORY) fbd89b6753 Help: Add note about CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !2428
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@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Command signatures that install files may print messages during
installation. Use the :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE` variable
to control which messages are printed.
+Many of the ``install()`` variants implicitly create the directories
+containing the installed files. If
+:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS` is set, these
+directories will be created with the permissions specified. Otherwise,
+they will be created according to the uname rules on Unix-like platforms.
+Windows platforms are unaffected.
+
Installing Targets
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^