Sorry for the mis-statement. I stand corrected. However, it is true that there are many find modules with some differences in approach, and if you are using one, you need to read up on the individual documentation of that particular find module. Especially if you need to know how to tell it how to find the exact one you already know you have...
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Brad King <brad.k...@kitware.com> wrote: > On 08/29/2017 11:33 AM, David Cole wrote: >> That's correct: >> >> find modules do what they want, and most do not pay attention to >> CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. > > CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH *is* used by find modules. > > The find modules use find_* commands, and those use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. > See the documentation of find_library, find_path, etc. for details. > Each command searches an appropriate `<prefix>/<dir>` where `<dir>` > is based on the kind of command doing the searching. > > -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
