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diff --git a/Help/command/export.rst b/Help/command/export.rst index b255ee8..ffd60e1 100644 --- a/Help/command/export.rst +++ b/Help/command/export.rst @@ -62,8 +62,13 @@ registry that this command creates works only in conjunction with a package configuration file (``<PackageName>Config.cmake``) that works with the build tree. In some cases, for example for packaging and for system wide installations, it is not desirable to write the user package -registry. If the :variable:`CMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable -is enabled, the ``export(PACKAGE)`` command will do nothing. +registry. + +By default the ``export(PACKAGE)`` command does nothing (see policy +:policy:`CMP0090`) because populating the user package registry has effects +outside the source and build trees. Set the +:variable:`CMAKE_EXPORT_PACKAGE_REGISTRY` variable to add build directories to +the CMake user package registry. .. code-block:: cmake |