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diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst index 08cbc56..8b2a971 100644 --- a/Help/command/install.rst +++ b/Help/command/install.rst @@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ targets that link to the object libraries in their implementation. Installing a target with the :prop_tgt:`EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL` target property set to ``TRUE`` has undefined behavior. +:command:`install(TARGETS)` can install targets that were created in +other directories. When using such cross-directory install rules, running +``make install`` (or similar) from a subdirectory will not guarantee that +targets from other directories are up-to-date. You can use +:command:`target_link_libraries` or :command:`add_dependencies` +to ensure that such out-of-directory targets are built before the +subdirectory-specific install rules are run. + The install destination given to the target install ``DESTINATION`` may use "generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions. |