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Prefer files from the CMake module directory when including from there.
Starting with CMake 2.8.4, if a cmake-module shipped with CMake (i.e.
-located in the CMake module directory) calls include() or
+located in the CMake module directory) calls :command:`include` or
find_package(), the files located in the CMake module directory are
-preferred over the files in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH. This makes sure that
-the modules belonging to CMake always get those files included which
+preferred over the files in :variable:`CMAKE_MODULE_PATH`. This makes sure
+that the modules belonging to CMake always get those files included which
they expect, and against which they were developed and tested. In all
-other cases, the files found in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH still take
+other cases, the files found in :variable:`CMAKE_MODULE_PATH` still take
precedence over the ones in the CMake module directory. The OLD
behavior is to always prefer files from CMAKE_MODULE_PATH over files
from the CMake modules directory.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.8.4. CMake version
-|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use
-the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly.
+|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use
+the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly.
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt