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diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 6186596..c03bf71 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -1614,9 +1614,11 @@ bool cmFileCommand::ParseInstallArgs(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
// now check and postprocess what has been parsed
if ( files.size() == 0 )
{
- this->SetError(
- "called with inapropriate arguments. No FILES provided.");
- return false;
+ // nothing to do, no files were listed.
+ // if this is handled as error, INSTALL_FILES() creates an invalid
+ // cmake_install.cmake script with no FILES() arguments if no files were
+ // given to INSTALL_FILES(). This was accepted with CMake 2.4.x.
+ return true;
}
// Check rename form.