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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-07-09 10:51:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2020-07-09 10:52:55 (GMT) |
| commit | a054211dd9009116605c240d6599e2bc544b524e (patch) | |
| tree | 1314f13f55e465557c6b09153815faaf41f08141 /Help | |
| parent | 13b5588a863223bcca343ec237b5f3efe1b4fd53 (diff) | |
| parent | 9a25278f8c4cc569f4d5f5ce0a9686d2a5d27f4c (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'install'
9a25278f8c Help: advise against CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in install DESTINATION.
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !4988
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diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst index c8df7d9..c11eaf4 100644 --- a/Help/command/install.rst +++ b/Help/command/install.rst @@ -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 |