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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-03-03 19:36:48 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-03-03 19:36:48 (GMT)
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Help: Mention in find_package that cmake-gui step is Windows-only (#14781)
Recently used cmake-gui locations are searched only on Windows because the Windows registry is used to record the values. This behavior is historical and may be removed by a policy in the future so rather than implementing it on other platforms simply document the current behavior.
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@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ enabled.
This can be skipped if ``NO_CMAKE_BUILDS_PATH`` is passed. It is intended
for the case when a user is building multiple dependent projects one
after another.
+ (This step is implemented only on Windows.)
6. Search paths stored in the CMake :ref:`User Package Registry`.
This can be skipped if ``NO_CMAKE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY`` is passed.