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diff --git a/Help/variable/CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY.rst b/Help/variable/CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f96bff --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY +-------------------------------- + +Boolean toggle to include/exclude top level directory. + +When preparing a package CPack installs the item under the so-called +top level directory. The purpose of is to include (set to 1 or ON or +TRUE) the top level directory in the package or not (set to 0 or OFF +or FALSE). + +Each CPack generator has a built-in default value for this variable. +E.g. Archive generators (ZIP, TGZ, ...) includes the top level +whereas RPM or DEB don't. The user may override the default value by +setting this variable. + +There is a similar variable CPACK_COMPONENT_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY +which may be used to override the behavior for the component packaging +case which may have different default value for historical (now +backward compatibility) reason. |