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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/ExternalProject.cmake | 6 |
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diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake index 458c114..325fbc3 100644 --- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake +++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake @@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ Create custom targets to build projects in external trees ``INSTALL_DIR <dir>`` Installation prefix ``INSTALL_COMMAND <cmd>...`` - Command to drive install after build + Command to drive installation of the external project after it has been + built. This only happens at the *build* time of the calling project. + In order to install files from the external project alongside the + locally-built files, a separate local :command:`install` call must be + added to pick the files up from one of the external project trees. Test step options are: |