Help: Link to cmake-packages(7) from the Module creation documentation.

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Stephen Kelly 2014-12-04 23:19:45 +01:00
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@ -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

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@ -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
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