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| author | Arcturus <arcturus98@outlook.com> | 2020-06-01 20:25:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-06-02 17:29:08 (GMT) |
| commit | e262123feeb676de7ca9690361a39cfd3daf89a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 015578ee5853453ba65c2ca9b39238d677ab89d3 /Help | |
| parent | a09195e7bfd807be131b69263373e15abb93712e (diff) | |
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Help: Clarify the effect of EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL on target installation
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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL.rst index 3aa296d..c9ece22 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL.rst @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ included in the "all" target of its ancestor directories unless the With ``EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL`` set to false or not set at all, the target will be brought up to date as part of doing a ``make install`` or its -equivalent for the CMake generator being used. If a target has -``EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL`` set to true, then any attempt to install that -target has undefined behavior. Note that such a target can still safely -be listed in an :command:`install(TARGETS)` command as long as the install -components the target belongs to are not part of the set of components -that anything tries to install. +equivalent for the CMake generator being used. + +If a target has ``EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL`` set to true, it may still be listed +in an :command:`install(TARGETS)` command, but the user is responsible for +ensuring that the target's build artifacts are not missing or outdated when +an install is performed. |