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Commit df314006 authored by Brad King's avatar Brad King Committed by Kitware Robot
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Merge topic 'doc-find_package-root-case'


20e727a4 Help: Clarify that <PackageName>_ROOT variable names are case-preserved

Acked-by: default avatarKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !8182
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1. .. versionadded:: 3.12
Search paths specified in the :variable:`<PackageName>_ROOT` CMake
variable and the :envvar:`<PackageName>_ROOT` environment variable,
where ``<PackageName>`` is the package to be found.
where ``<PackageName>`` is the package to be found
(the case-preserved first argument to ``find_package``).
The package root variables are maintained as a stack so if
called from within a find module, root paths from the parent's find
module will also be searched after paths for the current package.
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Calls to :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)` will search in prefixes
specified by the ``<PackageName>_ROOT`` environment variable, where
``<PackageName>`` is the name given to the :command:`find_package` call
and ``_ROOT`` is literal. For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search
prefixes specified in the ``Foo_ROOT`` environment variable (if set).
See policy :policy:`CMP0074`.
``<PackageName>`` is the (case-preserved) name given to the
:command:`find_package` call and ``_ROOT`` is literal.
For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search prefixes specified in the
``Foo_ROOT`` environment variable (if set). See policy :policy:`CMP0074`.
This variable may hold a single prefix or a list of prefixes separated
by ``:`` on UNIX or ``;`` on Windows (the same as the ``PATH`` environment
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Calls to :command:`find_package(<PackageName>)` will search in prefixes
specified by the ``<PackageName>_ROOT`` CMake variable, where
``<PackageName>`` is the name given to the :command:`find_package` call
and ``_ROOT`` is literal. For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search
prefixes specified in the ``Foo_ROOT`` CMake variable (if set).
See policy :policy:`CMP0074`.
``<PackageName>`` is the (case-preserved) name given to the
:command:`find_package` call and ``_ROOT`` is literal.
For example, ``find_package(Foo)`` will search prefixes specified in the
``Foo_ROOT`` CMake variable (if set). See policy :policy:`CMP0074`.
This variable may hold a single prefix or a
:ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>` of multiple prefixes.
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