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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/ExternalProject.cmake | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake index 325fbc3..c3fd3c6 100644 --- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake +++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake @@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ Create custom targets to build projects in external trees Install step options are: ``INSTALL_DIR <dir>`` - Installation prefix + Installation prefix to be placed in the ``<INSTALL_DIR>`` placeholder. + This does not actually configure the external project to install to + the given prefix. That must be done by passing appropriate arguments + to the external project configuration step, e.g. using ``<INSTALL_DIR>``. ``INSTALL_COMMAND <cmd>...`` Command to drive installation of the external project after it has been built. This only happens at the *build* time of the calling project. |