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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8848c7b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/cmake.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +## CMake `find_package` dependency backend + +Meson can now use the CMake `find_package` ecosystem to +detect dependencies. Both the old-style `<NAME>_LIBRARIES` +variables as well as imported targets are supported. Meson +can automatically guess the correct CMake target in most +cases but it is also possible to manually specify a target +with the `modules` property. + +```meson +# Implicitly uses CMake as a fallback and guesses a target +dep1 = dependency('KF5TextEditor') + +# Manually specify one or more CMake targets to use +dep2 = dependency('ZLIB', method : 'cmake', modules : ['ZLIB::ZLIB']) +``` + +CMake is automatically used after `pkg-config` fails when +no `method` (or `auto`) was provided in the dependency options. |