Changeset 02743f9c

Timestamp:

10/02/2022 03:50:46 PM (19 months ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

370aa28

Parents:

c6c57f7

Message:

Explain how to have CMake always overwrite existing files

File:

• introduction/important/building-notes.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/important/building-notes.xml

@@ -771 +771 @@
       </para>
 
+      <para>
+        By default, CMake treats file installation differently from the other
+        build systems: if a file already exists and is not newer than a file
+        that would overwrite it, then the file is not installed. This may be
+        a problem if a user wants to record which file belongs to a package,
+        either using <envar>LD_PRELOAD</envar>, or by listing files newer
+        than a timestamp. The default can be changed by setting the variable
+        <envar>CMAKE_INSTALL_ALWAYS</envar> to 1 in the
+        <emphasis>environment</emphasis>, for example by
+        <command>export</command>'ing it.
+      </para>
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="meson-info">Meson</bridgehead>