[CMake] Questions about generated install target

[Filipe Sousa]

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Jon Trauntvein wrote:
> I am starting to experiment with the INSTALL_XXX commands so that I can 
> do a reasonable source distribution for my software.  Part of what my 
> software needs is to have the binaries placed in a given directory 
> (/opt/package).  I also need to write one or more files to /etc/opt.  
> The documentation states that both INSTALL_PROGRAMS and INSTALL_FILES 
> will prefix the value of CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to the argument I 
> provide.  This means that, in order to get the results that I want, I am 
> forced to set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to "/".  This seems to be much more 
> difficult than it should be and gives me the feeling that I am violating 
> some sort of cmake expectation.  Any enlightenment would be welcome.
> 
> I would also like to be able to insert custom commands into the install 
> target that would allow me to do things like creating a directory in 
> /var/opt/package but not copying any files.  I'm not sure how to 
> approach this.

SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES is what you are looking for

SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(my_target PROPERTIES POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/my_post_install.cmake)

Use FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ...) or MAKE_DIRECTORY(...) in
my_post_install.cmake to create the directory

> Thanks,
> 
> Jon Trauntvein
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Filipe Sousa
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