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0015627CMakeCMakepublic2015-06-23 17:482016-01-04 11:51
ReporterGuy Harris 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityN/A
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformMacOSOS XOS Version10.11
Product VersionCMake 3.2.3 
Target VersionCMake 3.3Fixed in VersionCMake 3.3 
Summary0015627: CMake shouldn't default to installing command-line tools in /usr/bin
Description/usr/bin is for Apple-supplied command-line tools, not third-party tools, just as /System/Library is for Applie-supplied software and /Library is for third-party software.

Until El Capitan, you could get away with installing command-line tools in /usr/bin, although you needed to run with root privileges to do so, and if you upgrade to the next major release, /usr/bin gets reconstructed and you lose all the third-party tools installed there.

In El Capitan, even root processes can't modify /usr/bin unless they're granted special entitlements (which Apple's unlikely to grant to third-party tools) or you're running with rootless mode turned off (which it isn't, by default, and you have to go through some effort to turn it off).

You should default to installing in /usr/local/bin instead.
Steps To Reproduce1. Start CMake.

2. Select "Install For Command Line Use" from the Tools menu.

3. Note the default target directory of /usr/bin.
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 Relationships
related to 0015628closed CMake needs to request root privileges in order to install command-line tools 
related to 0015629closed A way to install the command-line tool links from the command line would be useful 

  Notes
(0038968)
Brad King (manager)
2015-06-24 08:51

 The feature mentioned in 0015629:0038965 in 3.3.0-rc2 still defaults to /usr/bin. I'll look at updating it to /usr/local/bin for the next release candidate.
(0038970)
Brad King (manager)
2015-06-24 09:12

 I've changed the default to /usr/local/bin:

 cmake-gui: Change --install to use /usr/local/bin by default
 http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=d2cf92ec [^]

So far this feature has only appeared in a release candidate so we do not need to worry about compatibility with old behavior.
(0038971)
Brad King (manager)
2015-06-24 09:12

 I've queued this change for inclusion in the 'release' branch for 3.3.0-rc3.
(0040078)
Robert Maynard (manager)
2016-01-04 11:51

 Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months.

 Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-06-23 17:48 Guy Harris New Issue
2015-06-24 08:50 Brad King Relationship added related to 0015628
2015-06-24 08:50 Brad King Relationship added related to 0015629
2015-06-24 08:51 Brad King Note Added: 0038968
2015-06-24 08:51 Brad King Assigned To => Brad King
2015-06-24 08:51 Brad King Status new => assigned
2015-06-24 08:51 Brad King Target Version => CMake 3.3
2015-06-24 09:12 Brad King Note Added: 0038970
2015-06-24 09:12 Brad King Note Added: 0038971
2015-06-24 09:12 Brad King Status assigned => resolved
2015-06-24 09:12 Brad King Resolution open => fixed
2015-06-24 09:12 Brad King Fixed in Version => CMake 3.3
2016-01-04 11:51 Robert Maynard Note Added: 0040078
2016-01-04 11:51 Robert Maynard Status resolved => closed

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