Andreas- Thank you for educating me. I really need to spend more time with CMake to understand these issues.
david ==================================================== David R Holmes III Biomedical Imaging Resource Core Facility Director Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Ph: 507-266-4250 Fax: 507-284-1632 holmes.dav...@mayo.edu ==================================================== -----Original Message----- From: cmake-boun...@cmake.org [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Pakulat Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 5:34 PM To: cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX on Windows Machine On 07.02.11 17:24:26, Holmes, David R. III, Ph.D. [RO RM1-24] wrote: > # In the CPack section > > IF(${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} MATCHES > ${CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}) > > ELSE(${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} MATCHES > ${CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}) > > STRING(REPLACE ${PROJECT_NAME} ${CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY} > dummy ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} ) > > SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${dummy} CACHE PATH "" FORCE) > > ENDIF(${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} MATCHES > ${CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}) Thats your problem right there. Whenever CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is not the same as the CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY its reset to be the same using FORCE which means whatever was there in the case is overwritten. Looks like the author does not want anybody to change the install prefix once its been set. Andreas -- Be careful! Is it classified? _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake