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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst index 672c9b7..c7bafc0 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst @@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ by the :command:`find_package` command when invoked for ``<package>``. The primary task of a find module is to determine whether a package exists on the system, set the ``<package>_FOUND`` variable to reflect this and provide any variables, macros and imported targets required to -use the package. +use the package. A find module is useful in cases where an upstream +library does not provide a +:ref:`config file package <Config File Packages>`. The traditional approach is to use variables for everything, including libraries and executables: see the `Standard Variable Names`_ section |