On 03/08/2011 02:53 AM, Andreas Kelle-Emden wrote:
> I set the variable CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH on the command line
> so that CMake can find some Config files installed in a
> non-standard directory.
> The makefile generator prints the following warning:
> 
> CMake Warning: The variable, 'CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH', specified manually, 
> was not used during the generation.
> 
> Actually, the variable IS used, but only for finding the ***_DIRs.

If the _DIRs are already set then there is no search and the variable
is not used.  Does this happen on the very first run in a new build tree?
You shouldn't need to pass it on the command line after the first time
because it will be stored persistently in CMakeCache.txt.

-Brad
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