I agree that we can not please everyone but some defaults are just "better" than others. For UNIX systems I think it is pretty "rare" or at least non-standard to place installed products at the "/" level so having /HDFGroup goes against this "norm" that most developers are expecting.
I don't see a problem with setting the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX on the first run (or any subsequent run) of CMake to the users default. cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Some/Path/To/HDF5 ../ isn't really any different than a ./configure --install …. line so lets just leave it as the CMake default value of /usr/local/ for Unix systems. Thanks for the help Mike Jackson On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Allen Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > I hope to get Frameworks support working some time soon, but I can > understand your point. > > The trouble with this is that no one is happy. I had the default and someone > complained so I tried a HDF default. > > I will just go with the default CMake one and leave CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX > alone. > > Allen > > On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 08:47:37 AM Michael Jackson wrote: >> I just tried the pre1 and the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is by default set to >> /HDF_Group/HDF5/1.8.13 which is pretty non standard for OS X. I am not sure >> what the intent was but maybe leaving the default of /usr/local/ is the >> better choice. /Frameworks _might_ be appropriate if frameworks were >> actually being built but my vote would be to just leave it as the CMake >> default value. >> >> Thoughts? >> --- >> Mike Jackson www.bluequartz.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> [email protected] >> http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org
