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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2017-04-18 18:22:20 (GMT)
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Help: Document find command search path separators
The `find_*` commands read search paths from both CMake variables and from environment variables. Document how multiple values in these variables should be separated. Fixes: #16800
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@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ enabled.
1. Search paths specified in cmake-specific cache variables. These
are intended to be used on the command line with a ``-DVAR=value``.
+ The values are interpreted as :ref:`;-lists <CMake Language Lists>`.
This can be skipped if ``NO_CMAKE_PATH`` is passed::
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
@@ -258,7 +259,9 @@ enabled.
CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
2. Search paths specified in cmake-specific environment variables.
- These are intended to be set in the user's shell configuration.
+ These are intended to be set in the user's shell configuration,
+ and therefore use the host's native path separator
+ (``;`` on Windows and ``:`` on UNIX).
This can be skipped if ``NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH`` is passed::
<package>_DIR