From ff72dcb0741377ea38f8578622c7037618b2fc84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Rembser <jonas.rembser@cern.ch>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:13:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [cmake] Handle absolute install_dir in relative RPATH
 resolution

`ROOT_APPEND_LIBDIR_TO_INSTALL_RPATH` assumed that `install_dir` is
always relative to `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` when computing the relative
path to `CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR`. However, some build environments
(e.g. Fedora or Nix) pass an absolute `CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR`, which
results in an incorrect relative path.

Fix this by detecting whether `install_dir` is absolute and using it
directly as the base directory when computing the relative path.

(cherry picked from commit e2df1206e3348648c57bede68d25ce144d9ba51f)
---
 cmake/modules/RootMacros.cmake | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootMacros.cmake
index ea01b7ce332c7..14c2dec4dd0da 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootMacros.cmake
@@ -2128,10 +2128,19 @@ endfunction()
 #
 # Arguments:
 #   target       - The CMake target (e.g., a shared library or executable)
-#   install_dir  - The install subdirectory relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
+#   install_dir  - The install subdirectory relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX,
+#                  or an absolute directory.
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function(ROOT_APPEND_LIBDIR_TO_INSTALL_RPATH target install_dir)
-  cmake_path(RELATIVE_PATH CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR BASE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${install_dir}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE to_libdir)
+
+  # Check if install_dir is absolute
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${install_dir}")
+    set(base_dir "${install_dir}")
+  else()
+    set(base_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${install_dir}")
+  endif()
+
+  cmake_path(RELATIVE_PATH CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR BASE_DIRECTORY "${base_dir}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE to_libdir)
 
   # New path
   if(APPLE)