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| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/CPack.cmake | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
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 |