On 10/30/2015 1:48 PM, Attila Krasznahorkay wrote:
I'm a bit surprised about this answer.
Sure, build areas are not to be moved around. I completely agree. But
this is why we have the concept of installing releases. As long as
you configure your build correctly, you should be able to move around
your install directory. As the binaries by default will not have
absolute paths in them after installation. At least not to
"themselves".
(I am myself working these days on how to install larger projects
such that after installation, after moving the installed directories
around, including the directories that the build was done against,
the code would still work. It's not trivial to do, but it's not
impossible either. One just has to use $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:...> in a
clever way...)
Cheers,
Install trees should be relocatable (that is how cpack works). However,
build trees are not.
-Bill
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