[cmake-developers] FindPackageCheckArchLinuxSymlinks branch on stage

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday 25 January 2013, Brad King wrote:
> On 01/25/2013 05:14 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> > Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> >>> The CONFIGURE_PACKAGE_CONFIG_FILE() macro could check its
> >>> INSTALL_DESTINATION argument, whether it is /lib[64]/ or /usr/lib[64]/
> >>> and use full paths in that case.
> >>> 
> >>> I'll play around a bit with the macro.
> >> 
> >> There is now the PackageConfigHelper_UsrMove branch on stage.
> > 
> > Are INSTALL(EXPORT)ed files affected at all by this? Do they need to be?
> 
> Yes, since they compute paths relative to their location in order
> to be relocatable.  The code that generates them may need to be
> made aware of this.

I don't think so.
These file should be installed into lib/, so even if lib/ is a symlink, the 
relative path from the targets file to the library does not cross the symlink.

If it is installed into share/ (which it IMO should not), there is no symlink 
involved (with /usr-move).

Alex