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diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake index 458c114..c3fd3c6 100644 --- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake +++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake @@ -174,9 +174,16 @@ 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 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: |