[CMake] CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS

[Bill Hoffman]

barcaroller wrote:
> "Bill Hoffman" wrote:
> 
>> You should give up on CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS , and we should deprecate
>> it from CMake.  It just does not work, and frustrates people.
> 
> 
> Fair enough, but what are the alternatives?  My two requirements are:
> 
>  - Using out-of-source builds
>  - Have the gcc compiler use relative pathnames like
> 
>    gcc ../src/foo.c
> 
>    and not monstrosities like
> 
>    gcc /mount/server/homes/users/devel/proj/system/subsystem/src/foo.c
> 
> 
There is no way to do that from CMake.  I consider it a feature since 
you can move an executable anywhere on the machine and the debugger 
still works.  Is this causing something not to work?

-Bill