The 'install' -target for make tries to change permissions on existing directories about ozz-animation HOT 4 OPEN

Hi,

thanks for reporting the issue.
I know very little about permissions, and I think in this case everything is managed by cmake.

Could you have a look to cmake install command documentation and share your recommendations?

Regards,
Guillaume

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Before jumping into CMake scripting, I think it'd be good idea to step back and think what is the goal here.

First of all, I'm on Linux system, things are probably different in other systems.

The default installation prefix is set to be "/usr/local", for me that is a sign the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) is being used. If the default prefix would have contained the project name, then I wouldn't necessarily had made that assumption.

Here are couple links about the FHS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/index.html

So I do not know if you intend to follow FHS and what you actually want to accomplish with the 'install' make target.

In the case that you did/do not intend to follow the FHS, then this issue and the other one can be ignored. But to avoid confusion, it would be good idea to change the default installation prefix to contain the project name.

In the case that you did/do intend to follow the FHS, then there are basically two choices, either /usr/local or /opt. Personally I would prefer /usr/local because then the installed libraries would be automatically in my search path, without needing to add yet another include and lib -directory when compiling/linking my projects.

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Hi,
I'm not used enough to it, could you propose a change to conform install?
Regards,
Guillaume

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Before I could even start to propose any changes, I would need to know whether you are intending to follow FHS or not?

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