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authorAlexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>2023-01-10 22:31:08 (GMT)
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Help: improve docs for INSTALL_RPATH
The documentation for INSTALL_RPATH now links to all (or at least most) properties (and variables) related to the install rpath, which should make it easier for users to find out how RPATH works. Also change "True" to "TRUE"
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@@ -3,10 +3,25 @@ INSTALL_RPATH
The rpath to use for installed targets.
-A semicolon-separated list specifying the rpath to use in installed
+By default, the install rpath is empty. It can be set using this property,
+which is a semicolon-separated list specifying the rpath to use in installed
targets (for platforms that support it). This property is initialized
-by the value of the variable :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH` if it is set when
-a target is created.
+by the value of the variable :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH` if it is set
+when a target is created.
+Beside setting the install rpath manually, using the
+:prop_tgt:`INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH` target property it can also be
+generated automatically by CMake.
+
+Normally CMake uses the build tree for the RPATH when building executables
+etc on systems that use RPATH, see the :prop_tgt:`BUILD_RPATH` target
+property. When the software is installed
+the targets are edited (or relinked) by CMake (see
+:variable:`CMAKE_NO_BUILTIN_CHRPATH`) to have the install RPATH.
+This editing during installation can be avoided via
+the :prop_tgt:`BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH` target property.
+
+For handling toolchain-dependent RPATH entries the
+:prop_tgt:`INSTALL_REMOVE_ENVIRONMENT_RPATH` can be used.
Because the rpath may contain ``${ORIGIN}``, which coincides with CMake syntax,
the contents of ``INSTALL_RPATH`` are properly escaped in the