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| author | Jason Ekstrand <jason@jlekstrand.net> | 2020-06-20 09:45:22 -0500 |
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| committer | Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com> | 2020-11-21 07:55:10 -0800 |
| commit | 15bbf1ea7581a8a872296435b28d679c7e42a466 (patch) | |
| tree | afb7844a63b8406bae87a294bec1e54adad9c73a /docs/markdown | |
| parent | 9dab27f814cb3d9abe0a7617b9a7a64efb0938e3 (diff) | |
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Handle cmake dependencies which require a specified version
Some CMake packages fail to find at all if no version is specified.
This commit adds a cmake_version parameter to dependency() to allow you
to specify the requested version.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_package_version.md | 5 |
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md index a8ada1d..aa93712 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md @@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ Support for adding additional `COMPONENTS` for the CMake `find_package` lookup is provided with the `components` kwarg (*introduced in 0.54.0*). All specified componets will be passed directly to `find_package(COMPONENTS)`. +Support for packages which require a specified version for CMake +`find_package` to succeed is provided with the `cmake_package_version` kwarg +(*introduced in 0.57.0*). The specified `cmake_package_version` will be +passed directly as the second parameter to `find_package`. + 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` diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_package_version.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_package_version.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58f0004 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake_package_version.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +## CMake find_package version support + +It is now possible to specify a requested package version to the CMake +dependency backend via the new `cmake_package_version` kwarg in the +`dependency` function. |