[dbus] Build error on x64-linux about vcpkg HOT 6 CLOSED

With vcpkg in /opt, you trigger a special CMake GNUInstallDirs behvavior of redirecting certain system prefixes.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/GNUInstallDirs.html#special-cases
I suggest you choose a different dir for vcpgk.

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I'm using Arch with yay, it's the default behaviour to install vcpkg in /opt. I configured it to /usr/local and the problem solved, will push this to yay

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OK thank you for your suggestion

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I met the same question, don't really understand why it's happening, is there any other way to solve this ? it's a common practice to put extra software under /opt .

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It happens because CMake thinks that this is what you want when you build for installation to /opt.
You can use your own patched CMake.
You can open an issue at CMake.

IMO it is not good practice to develop in /opt. Note that vcpkg is not meant to be a generic package manager, but /opt is a location for all users of a system.

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I sent this issue to the maintainer of vcpkg package of AUR, he suggests we set the installation path to /usr/lib, which is better

I've read the issue, and I agree with your proposal. However, I'm certain that /usr/lib/vcpkg would be a better installation directory. According to FHS, /usr/local should be used for software installed by the system administrator, not the package manager (more info here). At the same time, FHS allows putting applications in their subdirectory in /usr/lib, as mentioned here. Firefox is probably the best example.

I have tested dbus, it's working by default now

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