Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Thursday 06 December 2012, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> ...
>> I don't fully follow (too much 'the example' etc :)), but I guess it's
>> not too important. I think the two cases we're talking about are clear
>>
>> * Installing to a location where one or more locations below
>> ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} are symlinks
>> * Installing to a location where locations below ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
>> are not symlinks, but creating a symlink from outside the prefix to
>> inside it.
>
> Should find_package() maybe check whether any of the directories in its
> search list actually refer to the same directory, and warn in this case ?
That could be a good idea if it can work.
> Beside warning, could it do something more helpful to fix the situation ?
So far I don't have any better idea.
I think the best approach is to add warnings for the cases we've identified
here.
Adding the Arch-specific patch you proposed is not affected by that, and
could also be done.
Thanks,
Steve.
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