[CMake] Where is a good place to install CMake scripts that are to be executed by cmake -P ?

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2013-08-21 22:41+0200 Alexander Neundorf wrote:

> On Tuesday 06 August 2013, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> I have a project that installs a CMake script which will be executed
>> by users using cmake -P <fullpath_for_cmake_scriptname>.
>>
>> Where is a reasonable place to install <cmake_scriptname>?  Currently I
>> am thinking of
>>
>> <prefix>/share/<project_name>/<cmake_scriptname>
>
>
> what kind of files are these ?
> Should they be executed manually by users or from their buildsystems, after
> some package has been found ?

Hi Alex:

This cmake script file is executed using cmake -P from an installed
shell script to work around some path mangling issues that occur for a
pure shell script environment for MinGW.  So it is the cmake scripting
ability that is being used here rather than anything specific to do
with a build system.  So it a fairly unique use case, but nevertheless
I would like the installation location for that cmake script file to
be consistent with standards (if there are any such for cmake
scripts).  For now I am sticking with
<prefix>/share/<project_name>/<cmake_scriptname> for that install
location, but I am willing to change if there is a more standard install
location for cmake scripts.

Alan
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