ENH: Implemented FILES and PROGRAMS forms of the INSTALL command as replacements for the INSTALL_FILES and INSTALL_PROGRAMS commands. This addresses the request for absolute path install destinations in bug#2691.

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Brad King
2006-02-19 18:47:13 -05:00
parent 4140f4a6fa
commit 518080136d
11 changed files with 243 additions and 59 deletions
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
*/
virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation()
{
return "Create install rules for programs.";
return "Old installation command. Use the INSTALL command.";
}
/**
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ public:
virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation()
{
return
"This command has been superceded by the INSTALL command. It "
"is provided for compatibility with older CMake code. "
"The FILES form is directly replaced by the PROGRAMS form of the "
"INSTALL command. The regexp form can be expressed more clearly "
"using the GLOB form of the FILE command.\n"
" INSTALL_PROGRAMS(<dir> file1 file2 [file3 ...])\n"
" INSTALL_PROGRAMS(<dir> FILES file1 [file2 ...])\n"
"Create rules to install the listed programs into the given directory. "
@@ -78,7 +83,8 @@ public:
"In the second form any program in the current source directory that "
"matches the regular expression will be installed.\n"
"This command is intended to install programs that are not built "
"by cmake, such as shell scripts. See INSTALL_TARGETS to "
"by cmake, such as shell scripts. See the TARGETS form of "
"the INSTALL command to "
"create installation rules for targets built by cmake.\n"
"The directory <dir> is relative to the installation prefix, which "
"is stored in the variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.";