[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012646]: install() overwrites existing destination file

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12646 
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Reported By:                Hugo Leisink
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12646
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2012-01-01 04:10 EST
Last Modified:              2012-01-01 04:10 EST
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Summary:                    install() overwrites existing destination file
Description: 
The install() function overwrites the destination file if it exists. This
behaviour is not desirable for configuration files. I would like to have an
install_config() function which does not overwrite an existing destination file.


Optionally, it saves the destination file as <filename>.dist, so users can see
what has changed in the new default configuration file.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2012-01-01 04:10 Hugo Leisink   New Issue                                    
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