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| author | Daniel Mensinger <daniel@mensinger-ka.de> | 2019-01-31 23:25:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2019-02-01 00:25:21 +0200 |
| commit | e1a83793ae986db44bc810c36a8ea8090d81fe3f (patch) | |
| tree | 56706c7f19a38b36f609f5ba6fa318f60c7acc1d /docs/markdown/howtox.md | |
| parent | abad2ff0056f1100425426094165691386477d11 (diff) | |
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CMake: Added support for CMAKE_MODULE_PATH and extra CMake args (closes #4779)
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/howtox.md b/docs/markdown/howtox.md index 3d8515f..8ae4fde 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/howtox.md +++ b/docs/markdown/howtox.md @@ -203,3 +203,20 @@ executable(..., dependencies : m_dep) ```meson executable(..., install : true, install_dir : get_option('libexecdir')) ``` + +## Use existing `Find<name>.cmake` files + +Meson can use the CMake `find_package()` ecosystem if CMake is installed. +To find a dependency with custom `Find<name>.cmake`, set the `cmake_module_path` +property to the path in your project where the CMake scripts are stored. + +Example for a `FindCmakeOnlyDep.cmake` in a `cmake` subdirectory: + +```meson +cm_dep = dependency('CmakeOnlyDep', cmake_module_path : 'cmake') +``` + +The `cmake_module_path` property is only needed for custom CMake scripts. System +wide CMake scripts are found automatically. + +More information can be found [here](Dependencies.md#cmake) |