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authorDaniel Mensinger <daniel@mensinger-ka.de>2019-01-31 23:25:21 +0100
committerJussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>2019-02-01 00:25:21 +0200
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CMake: Added support for CMAKE_MODULE_PATH and extra CMake args (closes #4779)
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cmake_dep = dependency('ZLIB', method : 'cmake', modules : ['ZLIB::ZLIB'])
```
+It is also possible to reuse existing `Find<name>.cmake` files with the
+`cmake_module_path` property. Using this property is equivalent to setting the
+`CMAKE_MODULE_PATH` variable in CMake. The path(s) given to `cmake_module_path`
+should all be relative to the project source directory. Absolute paths
+should only be used if the CMake files are not stored in the project itself.
+
+Additional CMake parameters can be specified with the `cmake_args` property.
+
### Some notes on Dub
Please understand that meson is only able to find dependencies that