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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2023-02-08 19:04:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2023-02-08 19:06:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 20e727a408deeac7a6b0b27c729f4d27fc7cc43a (patch) | |
| tree | 4c78a12e986adfa5b3684903dc92bc8d01274b3a /Help | |
| parent | fc4e31d7034153cb9d72f3d812ad0c5459580dd3 (diff) | |
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Help: Clarify that <PackageName>_ROOT variable names are case-preserved
The name comes from the case-preserved first argument to
`find_package`.
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/find_package.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/variable/PackageName_ROOT.rst | 8 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/find_package.rst b/Help/command/find_package.rst index c99c73d..de4cb88 100644 --- a/Help/command/find_package.rst +++ b/Help/command/find_package.rst @@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ enabled. 1. .. versionadded:: 3.12 Search paths specified in the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` CMake variable and the :envvar:`<PackageName>_ROOT` environment variable, - where ``<PackageName>`` is the package to be found. + where ``<PackageName>`` is the package to be found + (the case-preserved first argument to ``find_package``). The package root variables are maintained as a stack so if called from within a find module, root paths from the parent's find module will also be searched after paths for the current package. diff --git a/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst b/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst index 0cdd384..fa8c385 100644 --- a/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst +++ b/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Calls to :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)` will search in prefixes specified by the ``<PackageName>_ROOT`` environment variable, where -``<PackageName>`` is the name given to the :command:`find_package` call -and ``_ROOT`` is literal. For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search -prefixes specified in the ``Foo_ROOT`` environment variable (if set). -See policy :policy:`CMP0074`. +``<PackageName>`` is the (case-preserved) name given to the +:command:`find_package` call and ``_ROOT`` is literal. +For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search prefixes specified in the +``Foo_ROOT`` environment variable (if set). See policy :policy:`CMP0074`. This variable may hold a single prefix or a list of prefixes separated by ``:`` on UNIX or ``;`` on Windows (the same as the ``PATH`` environment diff --git a/Help/variable/PackageName_ROOT.rst b/Help/variable/PackageName_ROOT.rst index 98ba20e..6b17be3 100644 --- a/Help/variable/PackageName_ROOT.rst +++ b/Help/variable/PackageName_ROOT.rst @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Calls to :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)` will search in prefixes specified by the ``<PackageName>_ROOT`` CMake variable, where -``<PackageName>`` is the name given to the :command:`find_package` call -and ``_ROOT`` is literal. For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search -prefixes specified in the ``Foo_ROOT`` CMake variable (if set). -See policy :policy:`CMP0074`. +``<PackageName>`` is the (case-preserved) name given to the +:command:`find_package` call and ``_ROOT`` is literal. +For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search prefixes specified in the +``Foo_ROOT`` CMake variable (if set). See policy :policy:`CMP0074`. This variable may hold a single prefix or a :ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>` of multiple prefixes. |