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0014450

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2013-10-01 10:55

2014-03-05 09:58

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georgeg

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high

Severity

major

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

won't fix

Platform

Linux

opensuse

OS Version

Product Version

CMake 2.8.10.2

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Fixed in Version

Summary

0014450: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX scope

Description

The goal is that to install subdirectory in a custom path (usualy a child of the top directory install path)
the top directory has no sources by itself but is only a container for the subdirectories (the root of a project with other subprojects)

running make install in top directory will not obey the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX that we set in each subdirectory. instead, the default top directory CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX value is used

Steps To Reproduce

create one subdirectory and 2 cmake lists:
CMakeLists.txt:

CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(cmaketest)
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(1)

1/CMakeLists.txt:

CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(cmaketest1)
SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /tmp/cmaketest/1)
MESSAGE ("1: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
INSTALL(FILES 1.h DESTINATION include)

Additional Information

note the directory "1" must be created and a demo header file in it: "1.h"

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(0033959) Brad King (manager) 2013-10-01 11:21	CMake's install rules work with exactly one prefix which can be set at install time by the user or CPack. The prefix set during configuration is just a default. Installation does not support a per-directory prefix. To do that, use something like install(FILES 1.h DESTINATION ${LOCAL_PREFIX}include) where the variable is set above that with code like set(LOCAL_PREFIX "1/") For further help, please ask on the mailing list: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake [^]

(0035273) Robert Maynard (manager) 2014-03-05 09:58	Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-10-01 10:55	georgeg	New Issue
2013-10-01 11:21	Brad King	Note Added: 0033959
2013-10-01 11:21	Brad King	Status	new => resolved
2013-10-01 11:21	Brad King	Resolution	open => won't fix
2014-03-05 09:58	Robert Maynard	Note Added: 0035273
2014-03-05 09:58	Robert Maynard	Status	resolved => closed