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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake b/Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake index 37869fb..e149f4c 100644 --- a/Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake +++ b/Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake @@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ Inclusion of this module defines the following variables: Destination for files of a given type. This value may be passed to the ``DESTINATION`` options of :command:`install` commands for the - corresponding file type. + corresponding file type. It should typically be a path relative to + the installation prefix so that it can be converted to an absolute + path in a relocatable way (see ``CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_<dir>``). + However, an absolute path is also allowed. ``CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_<dir>`` |