Thank you again for the PR, however as mentioned in #737 [1] we do not want to change the default install locations at this time.

You can achieve the same effect as this PR by passing a parameter at configure time:

-DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR:STRING=lib/cmake

[1] #737 (comment)

Hello @ras0219-msft unfortunately this doesn't work, because "lib" in Debian is "lib/" and not just lib
forcing "lib" breaks our multiarch implementation.
Why do you want to keep such location?

Because it would be a breaking change and I don't understand the value. Especially, what do we say to someone else who comes by and asks to change the defaults later? What makes these defaults "the true best defaults that are better than all others?"

Instead, can you explain in detail what the problem is with passing -DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR:STRING=lib/cmake and let's find a solution that allows you to get the folders you want regardless of what our defaults are.

I don't know what you mean by "lib in Debian is lib/"; do you mean you need to add a trailing slash?

-DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR:STRING=lib/cmake/

ok, let me explain.
It is wrong to use pkg-config and search for pkgconfig files under /usr/lib/cpprestsdk

all the cmake files (at least in Debian and Fedora I think, as well as others), should go in

/lib/cmake
/lib/cmake/subdirectory
/usr/lib/cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/subdirectory
/usr/lib/<triplet>/cmake/
/usr/lib/<triplet>/cmake/subdirectory

I don't understand how cmake can possibly use "/usr/lib/cpprestsdk/*.cmake" as location, without having to manually hint it.

In Debian, we prefer to use
"lib//cmake" to let different architectures being installed at the same time, e.g. amd64 and i386 cpprestsdk can cohexist.
I can't easily pass "triplet" to the build system, without overcomplicating how I generate the package.

The same applies to yocto, where I'm currently maintaining the package

I did an additional commit, does it look better to you?

If you reopen the issue, I think the PR will update with the new commit

commit 38bd9cbcecbbd128c6ffb63f24f503faf37f3cec (HEAD -> fix-install, mio/fix-install)
Author: Gianfranco Costamagna <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Aug 20 19:26:00 2018 +0200

    Fixup previous commit.
    This makes the install location not correct for Debian and similar linux distro, but upstream don't plan to change "lib/cpprestsdk" location,
    so at least we can override the location with -DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR=cmake and keep the CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR multiarch location

diff --git a/Release/CMakeLists.txt b/Release/CMakeLists.txt
index d20b4b07..9f6bbc41 100644
--- a/Release/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Release/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ enable_testing()
 set(WERROR ON CACHE BOOL "Treat Warnings as Errors.")
 set(CPPREST_EXCLUDE_WEBSOCKETS OFF CACHE BOOL "Exclude websockets functionality.")
 set(CPPREST_EXCLUDE_COMPRESSION OFF CACHE BOOL "Exclude compression functionality.")
-set(CPPREST_EXPORT_DIR cmake CACHE STRING "Directory to install CMake config files.")
+set(CPPREST_EXPORT_DIR cpprestsdk CACHE STRING "Directory to install CMake config files.")
 set(CPPREST_INSTALL_HEADERS ON CACHE BOOL "Install header files.")
 set(CPPREST_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "Add install commands.")
 

The fundamental objection I have is twofold:

1. This would be a breaking change that I would like to avoid before 3.x
2. I do not want to change the defaults unless the new defaults are clearly superior to any other possible defaults, such that I could easily close any future PRs to change the defaults again.

I don't understand how cmake can possibly use "/usr/lib/cpprestsdk/*.cmake" as location, without having to manually hint it.

See the CMake documentation (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/find_package.html) and note that all paths are checked on all OS's, even if they aren't considered "native" (Also note that /usr is a default prefix on unix).

<prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib*|share)/<name>*/ (U)

In Debian, we prefer to use "lib//cmake"

Great, so what's the problem with

-DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR:STRING=lib//cmake

?

Or am I misunderstanding and you're saying that you use arch-specific lib directories (lib & lib64) and you need those handled? In that case, you would need to pass in a different value for the correct arch; I don't know the exact logic, but it should be pretty straightforward:

-DCPPREST_EXPORT_DIR=lib64/cmake

1. the current updated PR doesn't change anymore the default behavior
2. you are right, the current default is ok wrt cmake, I don't know why debian puts everything into a single cmake directory.

Anyway the updated PR won't change the current behavior just add /lib//cpprestsdk instead of /lib/cpprestsdk when GNUInstallDirs finds an appropriate system.

BTW the problem with multiarch is that we need different locations to have amd64 and i386 cohexist, and this is why we put stuff under /lib/