[cmake-developers] CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX vs CMAKE_SYSROOT ?

[Stephen Kelly]

Brad King wrote:
> On 07/04/2013 04:29 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
>> Goals:
>> * Install to /opt/kf5 on the target
>> * Install to $HOME/dev/kf5 on the host
> 
> Steve, why do we need to have the host location not end in the
> target's install prefix?

For me, it's because I install things to the same $HOME/dev prefix on my dev 
machine, and my bash aliases and functions assume that. If I cd to $HOME/kf5 
I know I'll find the include/ and lib/ dirs right there. I'd want to cd to 
$HOME/kf5-rpi and have the include/ and lib/ dirs right there too for my 
raspberry pi builds instead of having $HOME/kf5-rpi/opt/kf5/lib.

That's the first reason I think of at least. The opt/kf5/ part might also be 
a more inconvenient location, different depending on the platform/device I'm 
building for etc. Not having that gives me uniformity.

Thanks,

Steve.