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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake-prefix-path.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake-prefix-path.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15497b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake-prefix-path.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +## CMake prefix path overrides + +When using pkg-config as a dependency resolver we can pass +`-Dpkg_config_path=$somepath` to extend or overwrite where pkg-config will +search for dependencies. Now cmake can do the same, as long as the dependency +uses a ${Name}Config.cmake file (not a Find{$Name}.cmake file), by passing +`-Dcmake_prefix_path=list,of,paths`. It is important that point this at the +prefix that the dependency is installed into, not the cmake path. + +If you have installed something to `/tmp/dep`, which has a layout like: +``` +/tmp/dep/lib/cmake +/tmp/dep/bin +``` + +then invoke meson as `meson builddir/ -Dcmake_prefix_path=/tmp/dep` |