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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-01-09 21:26:30 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2014-01-09 21:26:30 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'extend-docs'
2f15a07 Help: Link to CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP<NNNN> in policies manual. bb8bde3 Help: Add notes about relocatability of config-file packages.
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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst38
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst4
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
index b572bf7..e87eb83 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
@@ -392,11 +392,41 @@ should be provided by the ``ClimbingStats`` package, they should
be in a separate file which is installed to the same location as the
``ClimbingStatsConfig.cmake`` file, and included from there.
+Packages created by :command:`install(EXPORT)` are designed to be relocatable,
+using paths relative to the location of the package itself. When defining
+the interface of a target for ``EXPORT``, keep in mind that the include
+directories should be specified as relative paths which are relative to the
+:variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ target_include_directories(tgt INTERFACE
+ # Wrong, not relocatable:
+ $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/TgtName>
+ )
+
+ target_include_directories(tgt INTERFACE
+ # Ok, relocatable:
+ $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/TgtName>
+ )
+
+The ``$<INSTALL_PREFIX>``
+:manual:`generator expression <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` may be used as
+a placeholder for the install prefix without resulting in a non-relocatable
+package. This is necessary if complex generator expressions are used:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ target_include_directories(tgt INTERFACE
+ # Ok, relocatable:
+ $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include/TgtName>>
+ )
+
The :command:`export(EXPORT)` command creates an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets
-definition file which is specific to the build-tree. This can similiarly be
-used with a suitable package configuration file and package version file to
-define a package for the build tree which may be used without installation.
-Consumers of the build tree can simply ensure that the
+definition file which is specific to the build-tree, and is not relocatable.
+This can similiarly be used with a suitable package configuration file and
+package version file to define a package for the build tree which may be used
+without installation. Consumers of the build tree can simply ensure that the
:variable:`CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH` contains the build directory, or set the
``ClimbingStats_DIR`` to ``<build_dir>/ClimbingStats`` in the cache.
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
index c9f39c4..4bee05e 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ versions will begin to warn about the backward compatible behavior. It
is possible to disable the warning by explicitly requesting the OLD, or
backward compatible behavior using the :command:`cmake_policy` command.
It is also possible to request NEW, or non-backward compatible behavior
-for a policy, also avoiding the warning.
+for a policy, also avoiding the warning. Each policy can also be set to
+either NEW or OLD behavior explicitly on the command line with the
+:variable:`CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP<NNNN>` variable.
The :command:`cmake_minimum_required` command does more than report an
error if a too-old version of CMake is used to build a project. It