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| author | Joachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de> | 2020-07-08 14:58:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Joachim Wuttke (h) <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de> | 2020-07-08 14:59:01 +0200 |
| commit | ca9bd43f2da4226a3bfbe89b11ba8533d976b4e3 (patch) | |
| tree | e1a8aa44cf4047007de2906557800e60d1153abe /Modules/CPack.cmake | |
| parent | 9692931f8376c47ea335c90f3544e281ddc4ca8d (diff) | |
| download | cmake-ca9bd43f2da4226a3bfbe89b11ba8533d976b4e3.tar.gz | |
Help: Duplicate essential information on install paths in CPack.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/CPack.cmake | 10 |
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diff --git a/Modules/CPack.cmake b/Modules/CPack.cmake index 553b966d9b..eba4e71654 100644 --- a/Modules/CPack.cmake +++ b/Modules/CPack.cmake @@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ section below for details. The generated binary installers will contain all files that have been installed via CMake's :command:`install` command (and the deprecated commands :command:`install_files`, :command:`install_programs`, and -:command:`install_targets`). Certain kinds of binary installers can be -configured such that users can select individual application components to -install. See the :module:`CPackComponent` module for further details. +:command:`install_targets`). Note that the ``DESTINATION`` option of the +:command:`install` command must be a relative path; otherwise installed files +are ignored by CPack. + +Certain kinds of binary installers can be configured such that users can select +individual application components to install. See the :module:`CPackComponent` +module for further details. Source packages (configured through ``CPackSourceConfig.cmake`` and generated by the :cpack_gen:`CPack Archive Generator`) will contain all source files in |