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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst | 2 |
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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 diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst index 0d18fd7..fba1d61 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ By setting the :variable:`CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<PackageName>` variable to ``TRUE``, the ``PackageName`` package will not be searched, and will always be ``NOTFOUND``. +.. _`Config File Packages`: + Config-file Packages -------------------- |