[Cmake] DESTDIR for make install

[Albert Strasheim]

Seems the patch made it into CVS.

http://www . cmake . org/pipermail/cmake/2001-December/002560 . html

My apologies. Maybe a FAQ entry about staged installs should be added.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert Strasheim" <13640887 at sun . ac . za>
To: <cmake at www . cmake . org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: [Cmake] DESTDIR for make install


> Hello,
>
> As far as I can tell, the DESTDIR for make install issue was last
discussed
> in December 2001. See:
>
> http://www . cmake . org/pipermail/cmake/2001-December/002517 . html
>
> In that thread it was stated that something like DESTDIR would not make it
> into 1.0. The current stable version of CMake is now 1.8.1, and as far as
I
> can tell there is still no way of doing an "out of place" install (which
is
> what autotools DESTDIR facilitates). Is there?
>
> To recap, DESTDIR is essential when building RPM or DEB packages, since
you
> want to install everything relative to some temporary directory wherefrom
> the package manager can then create the package. The workaround suggested
in
> the above-mentioned thread (to use a chroot) is only feasible if you are
> building packages as root (this is not always the case).
>
> Any suggestions on how I can do an "out of place" install?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Albert
>
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