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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-05-10 13:35:48 (GMT)
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Help: Document `cmake --find-package` as a separate command mode
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done before the -P argument.
``--find-package``
- Run in pkg-config like mode.
-
- Search a package using find_package() and print the resulting flags
- to stdout. This can be used to use cmake instead of pkg-config to
- find installed libraries in plain Makefile-based projects or in
- autoconf-based projects (via share/aclocal/cmake.m4).
+ See `Find-Package Tool Mode`_.
``--graphviz=[file]``
Generate graphviz of dependencies, see CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake for more.
@@ -278,6 +273,24 @@ The following ``cmake -E`` commands are available only on Windows:
``write_regv <key> <value>``
Write Windows registry value.
+Find-Package Tool Mode
+======================
+
+CMake provides a helper for Makefile-based projects with the signature::
+
+ cmake --find-package <options>...
+
+This runs in a pkg-config like mode.
+
+Search a package using :command:`find_package()` and print the resulting flags
+to stdout. This can be used to use cmake instead of pkg-config to find
+installed libraries in plain Makefile-based projects or in autoconf-based
+projects (via ``share/aclocal/cmake.m4``).
+
+.. note::
+ This mode is not well-supported due to some technical limitations.
+ It is kept for compatibility but should not be used in new projects.
+
See Also
========