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@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more
directories to be prepended to all other search directories. This
-effectively "re-roots" the entire search under given locations. By
-default it is empty.
+effectively "re-roots" the entire search under given locations.
+Paths which are descendants of the :variable:`CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX` are excluded
+from this re-rooting, because that variable is always a path on the host system.
+By default the CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is empty.
The :variable:`CMAKE_SYSROOT` variable can also be used to specify exactly one
directory to use as a prefix. Setting :variable:`CMAKE_SYSROOT` also has other
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@ overridden on a per-call basis. By using CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH
the search order will be as described above. If
NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH will not be
used. If ONLY_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is used then only the re-rooted
-directories will be searched.
+directories and directories below :variable:`CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX` will be searched.