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authorJoachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>2020-07-08 13:09:19 (GMT)
committerJoachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>2020-07-08 13:09:19 (GMT)
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Help: advise against CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in install DESTINATION.
as per my uncontradicted post https://discourse.cmake.org/t/local-install-vs-install-for-cpack-absolute-vs-relative-path/623/2?u=jwuttke
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@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ signatures that specify them. The common options are:
As absolute paths are not supported by :manual:`cpack <cpack(1)>` installer
generators, it is preferable to use relative paths throughout.
+ In particular, there is no need to make paths absolute by prepending
+ :variable:`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`; this prefix is used by default if
+ the DESTINATION is a relative path.
``PERMISSIONS``
Specify permissions for installed files. Valid permissions are