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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2019-10-27 05:10:09 (GMT)
committerCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2019-10-27 05:10:09 (GMT)
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Help: Document that <PackageName>_ROOT applies to config packages too
The original intent of <PackageName>_ROOT may have been for it to apply only to Find modules, but the implementation of the find_package() command treats modules and config packages the same. Both result in a <PackageName>_ROOT variable being pushed onto the stack of package roots. A config package can also call other find_...() commands, the behavior doesn't apply just to find modules.
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@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ In CMake 3.12 and above the :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)` command now
searches prefixes specified by the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` CMake
variable and the :envvar:`<PackageName>_ROOT` environment variable.
Package roots are maintained as a stack so nested calls to all ``find_*``
-commands inside find modules also search the roots as prefixes. This policy
-provides compatibility with projects that have not been updated to avoid using
-``<PackageName>_ROOT`` variables for other purposes.
+commands inside find modules and config packages also search the roots as
+prefixes. This policy provides compatibility with projects that have not been
+updated to avoid using ``<PackageName>_ROOT`` variables for other purposes.
The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to ignore ``<PackageName>_ROOT``
variables. The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to use