[Cmake] INSTALL_FILES installs unconditionally

Andy Cedilnik andy.cedilnik at kitware.com
Tue Aug 17 15:14:16 EDT 2004


Hi Iker,

CMake 2.0 uses redesigned install procedure. That said, it still always
overwrites files. To my knowledge, this is a common practice.

Any arguments for and against?

I am not really sure you should depend on the files that are installed.

			Andy

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 13:55, Iker Arizmendi wrote:
> Our network has cmake 1.8.3 and I've noticed that
> when I use the INSTALL_FILES directive the destination
> files are updated even if they haven't changed (which forces
> some of our other packages to rebuild). Does the most
> recent version of CMake check to see if the install of
> a file is necessary?




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