[CMake] MSYS is a Unix

Brandon J. Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 18:28:38 EST 2005


David Cole wrote:

> Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>
>>
>> I do notice that if one is using the Windows CMakeSetup.exe, 
>> /usr/local is not allowed as a filename.  I am wondering why 
>> cmake.exe has no readily documented way to provide an installation 
>> prefix on the command line.  That is, when I type "cmake --help" I 
>> don't see anything that would let me do it.
>>
> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:STRING=/usr/local should work...
>
Even so, a command line option + help entry is more rational.  
Especially when trying to convert the ./configure crowd.  I'll file it 
as a feature request.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every


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