[CMake] Why CPack does not _ALWAYS_ use DESTDIR?

[Eric Noulard]

2008/5/13, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com>:
> >
>  There is one more issue.  CPack is supposed to work with any build system
> not just CMake.   It might just be a set of hand crafted makefiles, and it
> may or may not support DESTDIR.   I suppose this could be taken care of by
> only making DESTDIR the default if it is a CMake based project.   However,
> people can inject code into the install rules for a cmake project that may
> not honor DESTDIR.  You can write any cmake script you want into the install
> files.   I am almost certain someone's code will break if we change this.
> However, I can not point to it, and I am guessing the projects depending on
> it won't even know that they are depending on it, until we break it for
> them.

> Adding an extra set is not such a big deal.

Ok then I won't argue on this.

I'll update CPack RPM Wiki page in order to tell
that ones must use DESTDIR ON if absolute path
file install are used.

Sorry for the noise. :=)

--
Erk