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| author | Eric NOULARD <eric.noulard@gmail.com> | 2012-08-14 18:15:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Eric NOULARD <eric.noulard@gmail.com> | 2012-08-14 18:15:22 (GMT) |
| commit | d593cef58ff56b0480bb74e3b087cb7088bd2b03 (patch) | |
| tree | eae5939f4734a6ecfe9c25ae6e161b465307bf0b /Source/CPack | |
| parent | cd3bd23266a4a6c00595134a17a8bdaea9e28af5 (diff) | |
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Enhance DESTDIR documentation. Fixes #0012374.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx index edbef45..7fa401c 100644 --- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx +++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx @@ -45,17 +45,18 @@ void cmCPackDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm) " packaging.", "DESTDIR means DESTination DIRectory." " It is commonly used by makefile " "users in order to install software at non-default location. It " - "is a basic relocation mechanism. " + "is a basic relocation mechanism that should not be used on" + " Windows (see CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX documentation). " "It is usually invoked like this:\n" " make DESTDIR=/home/john install\n" "which will install the concerned software using the" - " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" prepended with " + " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" pre-pended with " "the DESTDIR value which finally gives \"/home/john/usr/local\"." " When preparing a package, CPack first installs the items to be " "packaged in a local (to the build tree) directory by using the " "same DESTDIR mechanism. Nevertheless, if " "CPACK_SET_DESTDIR is set then CPack will set DESTDIR before" - " doing the local install. The most noticeable difference is" + " doing the local install. The most noticeable difference is" " that without CPACK_SET_DESTDIR, CPack uses " "CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX as a prefix whereas with " "CPACK_SET_DESTDIR set, CPack will use CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX as" |