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Diffstat (limited to 'build2/install/init.cxx')
-rw-r--r-- | build2/install/init.cxx | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build2/install/init.cxx b/build2/install/init.cxx index 221cfcf..e301f08 100644 --- a/build2/install/init.cxx +++ b/build2/install/init.cxx @@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ namespace build2 // Note: not overridable. // - v.insert<dir_path> ("install"); + // The install variable is a path, not dir_path, since it can be used + // to both specify the target directory (to install with the same file + // name) or target file (to install with a different name). And the + // way we distinguish between the two is via the presence/absence of + // the trailing directory separator. + // + v.insert<path> ("install"); v.insert<string> ("install.mode"); } |