howto install rules ?

[Matt Rogers]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:00:21PM +0100, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with cmake install rules usually look this way:
> 
> 1) INSTALL_FILES( /share/applications/kde FILES kpager.desktop )
> The path is relative to the installation prefix.
> Is it necessary to use a variable for this path ?
> 
> 2) This would look like this:
> INSTALL_FILES( ${KDE4_APP_DIR} FILES kpager.desktop )
> 
> 3) A macro which hides the dir completely would also be possible:
> KDE4_INSTALL_DESKTOP_FILES(kpager.desktop)
> 
> If a variable is not necessary, I'd prefer 1). It is obvious what will happen, 
> a look at the man page and you know what it means, nothing is hidden, no 
> magic. Otherwise I'd go with 2), IMO option 3) hides too much.
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> Bye
> Alex

I'd go with option two. I see a variable being necessary based on whatever
prefix the user gives to whatever the configuration stuff is going to
look like.
--
Matt