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PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}
)
+Alternatively, if the library is available with multiple configurations, you can
+use :module:`SelectLibraryConfigurations` to automatically set the
+``Foo_LIBRARY`` variable instead:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ find_library(Foo_LIBRARY_RELEASE
+ NAMES foo
+ PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}/Release
+ )
+ find_library(Foo_LIBRARY_DEBUG
+ NAMES foo
+ PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}/Debug
+ )
+
+ include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+ select_library_configurations(Foo)
+
If you have a good way of getting the version (from a header file, for
example), you can use that information to set ``Foo_VERSION`` (although
note that find modules have traditionally used ``Foo_VERSION_STRING``,