On 12/22/2014 03:28 PM, Domen Vrankar wrote: > Maybe others will disagree but to be quite honest I myself don't think > that CMAKE_INSTALL_RELATIVE variable would be the right solution... I > myself prefer to write install commands with relative paths and I > guess that something like that should be fixed in CMakeLists.txt and > contributed to projects that use absolute paths and not add a new > variable for doing this...
I agree. If a project uses absolute install paths that means its authors have not thought about making relocatable packages. There could be many other problems with making such projects relocatable other than just install rules. -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
