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+CMP0017
+-------
+
+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
+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
+they expect, and against which they were developed and tested. In all
+other cases, the files found in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH still take
+precedence over the ones in the CMake module directory. The OLD
+behaviour 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.