GTest doesn't install in a sensible location on Windows by default

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GTest doesn't install in a sensible location on Windows by default

rnichollx opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

Ryan Nicholl commented 2 years ago

The default install location:

C:/Program Files (x86)/googletest-distribution

Doesn't make sense.

When using find_package(GTest), CMake expects GTestConfig.cmake to be somewhere in C:/Program Files (x86)/GTest.

Renaming the main project command to GTest fixes this, but it seems there's a submodule as well. add_subdirectory should be considered harmful, it breaks a lot of cmake workflows.

I can provide a patch if needed.

CJ Johnson · Answer 1 · Tue Mar 29 2022 03:41:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thank you for being open to providing a patch. We would be happy to review it!