[CMake] Install from a source directory with ExternalProject

[Nicholas Braden]

I'm not sure how you would download a directory without it being in
some sort of archive. If you just want to use an existing directory,
use the SOURCE_DIR option instead.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Cedric Doucet <cedric.doucet at inria.fr> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know if it's possible to download and install an external
> project from a source directory instead of a tarball.
> I tried to do it with ExternalProject_Add function but it tries to
> uncompress source files and then fails.
>
> Cédric
>
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