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diff --git a/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst b/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e01009b --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/envvar/PackageName_ROOT.rst @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +<PackageName>_ROOT +------------------ + +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 ``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 +variable convention on those platforms). + +See also the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` CMake variable. |