[cmake-developers] CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX vs CMAKE_SYSROOT ?

[Stephen Kelly]

Brad King wrote:

> On 7/8/2013 9:06 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
>> I was thinking of cases where the install DESTINATION is relative:
>> 
>>  install(TARGETS foo ... DESTINATION lib)
>> 
>> If CMAKE_HOST_INSTALL_PREFIX is defined, foo is installed to
>> 
>>  ${CMAKE_HOST_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
>> 
>> otherwise
>> 
>>  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
> 
> Yes, but how does install() know that "foo" is for the host
> or the target?

Currently it can only be one or the other. For future host+target builds, I 
think that question is best addressed in the other thread about multiple 
toolchains.

Thanks,

Steve.