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Diffstat (limited to 'Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt b/Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt index 40f1c1a..42bf52b 100644 --- a/Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt +++ b/Help/command/FIND_XXX.txt @@ -79,15 +79,16 @@ If ``NO_DEFAULT_PATH`` is not specified, the search process is as follows: |prefix_XXX_SUBDIR| for each ``<prefix>`` in :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH` -1. If called from within a find module loaded by +1. If called from within a find module or any other script loaded by a call to :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)`, search prefixes unique to the - current package being found. Specifically look in the + current package being found. Specifically, look in the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` CMake variable and the :envvar:`<PackageName>_ROOT` environment variable. - The package root variables are maintained as a stack so if called from - nested find modules, root paths from the parent's find module will be - searched after paths from the current module, - i.e. ``<CurrentPackage>_ROOT``, ``ENV{<CurrentPackage>_ROOT}``, + The package root variables are maintained as a stack, so if called from + nested find modules or config packages, root paths from the parent's find + module or config package will be searched after paths from the current + module or package. In other words, the search order would be + ``<CurrentPackage>_ROOT``, ``ENV{<CurrentPackage>_ROOT}``, ``<ParentPackage>_ROOT``, ``ENV{<ParentPackage>_ROOT}``, etc. This can be skipped if ``NO_PACKAGE_ROOT_PATH`` is passed or by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_ROOT_PATH` to ``FALSE``. |