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NAME

       cmake-developer - CMake Developer Reference

INTRODUCTION

       This  manual  is  intended  for  reference  by  developers modifying the CMake source tree
       itself, and by those authoring externally-maintained modules.

ADDING COMPILE FEATURES

       CMake reports an error if a compiler whose features are known does not report support  for
       a  particular  requested  feature.   A compiler is considered to have known features if it
       reports support for at least one feature.

       When adding a new compile feature to CMake, it is therefore necessary to list support  for
       the  feature  for all CompilerIds which already have one or more feature supported, if the
       new feature is available for any version of the compiler.

       When adding the first supported feature to a particular CompilerId,  it  is  necessary  to
       list   support   for  all  features  known  to  cmake  (See  CMAKE_C_COMPILE_FEATURES  and
       CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES as appropriate), where available for the compiler.  Ensure that
       the   CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_DEFAULT   is   set   to   the   computed   internal   variable
       CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_COMPUTED_DEFAULT for compiler versions which should be supported.

       It is sensible to record the  features  for  the  most  recent  version  of  a  particular
       CompilerId  first,  and then work backwards.  It is sensible to try to create a continuous
       range of versions of feature releases  of  the  compiler.   Gaps  in  the  range  indicate
       incorrect features recorded for intermediate releases.

       Generally,  features  are  made  available for a particular version if the compiler vendor
       documents availability of the feature with that version.  Note  that  sometimes  partially
       implemented  features  appear to be functional in previous releases (such as cxx_constexpr
       in GNU 4.6, though availability is documented in GNU 4.7), and sometimes compiler  vendors
       document availability of features, though supporting infrastructure is not available (such
       as __has_feature(cxx_generic_lambdas) indicating non-availability in Clang 3.4, though  it
       is  documented  as  available, and fixed in Clang 3.5).  Similar cases for other compilers
       and versions need to be investigated when extending CMake to support them.

       When a vendor releases a new version of a  known  compiler  which  supports  a  previously
       unsupported  feature,  and there are already known features for that compiler, the feature
       should be listed as supported in CMake for  that  version  of  the  compiler  as  soon  as
       reasonably possible.

       Standard-specific/compiler-specific   variables   such   CMAKE_CXX98_COMPILE_FEATURES  are
       deliberately not documented.  They only exist for the compiler-specific implementation  of
       adding the -std compile flag for compilers which need that.

HELP

       The  Help  directory  contains CMake help manual source files.  They are written using the
       reStructuredText markup syntax and processed by Sphinx to generate the CMake help manuals.

   Markup Constructs
       In addition  to  using  Sphinx  to  generate  the  CMake  help  manuals,  we  also  use  a
       C++-implemented  document  processor to print documents for the --help-* command-line help
       options.  It supports a subset of reStructuredText markup.  When  authoring  or  modifying
       documents,  please  verify  that  the  command-line  help  looks  good  in addition to the
       Sphinx-generated html and man pages.

       The  command-line  help  processor  supports   the   following   constructs   defined   by
       reStructuredText, Sphinx, and a CMake extension to Sphinx.

       CMake Domain directives
              Directives defined in the CMake Domain for defining CMake documentation objects are
              printed in command-line help output as if the lines were normal paragraph text with
              interpretation.

       CMake Domain interpreted text roles
              Interpreted  text  roles  defined  in  the CMake Domain for cross-referencing CMake
              documentation objects are replaced by their link text in command-line help  output.
              Other roles are printed literally and not processed.

       code-block directive
              Add  a  literal code block without interpretation.  The command-line help processor
              prints the block content  without  the  leading  directive  line  and  with  common
              indentation replaced by one space.

       include directive
              Include  another  document source file.  The command-line help processor prints the
              included document inline with the referencing document.

       literal block after ::
              A paragraph ending in :: followed by a blank line  treats  the  following  indented
              block  as  literal  text  without  interpretation.  The command-line help processor
              prints the :: literally and  prints  the  block  content  with  common  indentation
              replaced by one space.

       note directive
              Call  out a side note.  The command-line help processor prints the block content as
              if the lines were normal paragraph text with interpretation.

       parsed-literal directive
              Add a literal block with markup interpretation.  The  command-line  help  processor
              prints  the  block  content  without  the  leading  directive  line and with common
              indentation replaced by one space.

       productionlist directive
              Render context-free grammar productions.  The command-line  help  processor  prints
              the block content as if the lines were normal paragraph text with interpretation.

       replace directive
              Define  a  |substitution|  replacement.  The command-line help processor requires a
              substitution replacement to be defined before it is referenced.

       |substitution| reference
              Reference a substitution replacement previously defined by the  replace  directive.
              The command-line help processor performs the substitution and replaces all newlines
              in the replacement text with spaces.

       toctree directive
              Include other  document  sources  in  the  Table-of-Contents  document  tree.   The
              command-line  help  processor prints the referenced documents inline as part of the
              referencing document.

       Inline markup constructs not listed above are printed literally in the  command-line  help
       output.   We  prefer  to use inline markup constructs that look correct in source form, so
       avoid use of -escapes in favor of inline literals when possible.

       Explicit markup blocks not matching directives listed above are removed from  command-line
       help  output.   Do  not  use them, except for plain .. comments that are removed by Sphinx
       too.

       Note that nested indentation  of  blocks  is  not  recognized  by  the  command-line  help
       processor.  Therefore:

       • Explicit markup blocks are recognized only when not indented inside other blocks.

       • Literal  blocks  after  paragraphs ending in :: but not at the top indentation level may
         consume all indented lines following them.

       Try to avoid these cases in practice.

   CMake Domain
       CMake adds a Sphinx Domain called cmake, also  called  the  “CMake  Domain”.   It  defines
       several “object” types for CMake documentation:

       command
              A CMake language command.

       generator
              A  CMake  native  build  system generator.  See the cmake(1) command-line tool’s -G
              option.

       manual A CMake manual page, like this cmake-developer(7) manual.

       module A CMake module.  See the cmake-modules(7) manual and the include() command.

       policy A CMake policy.  See the cmake-policies(7) manual and the cmake_policy() command.

       prop_cache, prop_dir, prop_gbl, prop_sf, prop_inst, prop_test, prop_tgt
              A CMake cache, directory, global, source file,  installed  file,  test,  or  target
              property,  respectively.  See the cmake-properties(7) manual and the set_property()
              command.

       variable
              A CMake language  variable.   See  the  cmake-variables(7)  manual  and  the  set()
              command.

       Documentation  objects  in  the  CMake  Domain  come  from  two sources.  First, the CMake
       extension   to   Sphinx    transforms    every    document    named    with    the    form
       Help/<type>/<file-name>.rst  to  a  domain  object  with  type <type>.  The object name is
       extracted from the document title, which is expected to be of the form:

          <object-name>
          -------------

       and to appear at or near the top of the .rst file before any other  lines  starting  in  a
       letter, digit, or <.  If no such title appears literally in the .rst file, the object name
       is the <file-name>.  If a title does appear, it is expected that <file-name> is  equal  to
       <object-name> with any < and > characters removed.

       Second, the CMake Domain provides directives to define objects inside other documents:

          .. command:: <command-name>

           This indented block documents <command-name>.

          .. variable:: <variable-name>

           This indented block documents <variable-name>.

       Object  types for which no directive is available must be defined using the first approach
       above.

   Cross-References
       Sphinx uses reStructuredText interpreted text roles  to  provide  cross-reference  syntax.
       The  CMake  Domain  provides  for  each  domain  object  type  a  role of the same name to
       cross-reference it.  CMake Domain roles are inline markup of the forms:

          :type:`name`
          :type:`text <name>`

       where type is the domain object type and name is the domain object  name.   In  the  first
       form  the link text will be name (or name() if the type is command) and in the second form
       the link text will be the explicit text.  For example, the code:

          * The :command:`list` command.
          * The :command:`list(APPEND)` sub-command.
          * The :command:`list() command <list>`.
          * The :command:`list(APPEND) sub-command <list>`.
          * The :variable:`CMAKE_VERSION` variable.
          * The :prop_tgt:`OUTPUT_NAME_<CONFIG>` target property.

       produces:

       • The list() command.

       • The list(APPEND) sub-command.

       • The list() command.

       • The list(APPEND) sub-command.

       • The CMAKE_VERSION variable.

       • The OUTPUT_NAME_<CONFIG> target property.

       Note that CMake Domain roles differ from Sphinx and reStructuredText  convention  in  that
       the  form a<b>, without a space preceding <, is interpreted as a name instead of link text
       with an explicit target.  This is necessary because we use  <placeholders>  frequently  in
       object  names  like  OUTPUT_NAME_<CONFIG>.   The  form a <b>, with a space preceding <, is
       still interpreted as a link text with an explicit target.

   Style
   Style: Section Headers
       When marking section titles, make the section decoration line as long as the  title  text.
       Use only a line below the title, not above. For example:

          Title Text
          ----------

       Capitalize the first letter of each non-minor word in the title.

       The section header underline character hierarchy is

       • #: Manual group (part) in the master document

       • *: Manual (chapter) title

       • =: Section within a manual

       • -: Subsection or CMake Domain object document title

       • ^: Subsubsection or CMake Domain object document section

       • ": Paragraph or CMake Domain object document subsection

   Style: Whitespace
       Use two spaces for indentation.  Use two spaces between sentences in prose.

   Style: Line Length
       Prefer  to  restrict the width of lines to 75-80 columns.  This is not a hard restriction,
       but writing new paragraphs wrapped at 75 columns allows space  for  adding  minor  content
       without significant re-wrapping of content.

   Style: Prose
       Use American English spellings in prose.

   Style: Starting Literal Blocks
       Prefer  to mark the start of literal blocks with :: at the end of the preceding paragraph.
       In cases where the following block gets a code-block marker, put a single : at the end  of
       the preceding paragraph.

   Style: CMake Command Signatures
       Command signatures should be marked up as plain literal blocks, not as cmake code-blocks.

       Signatures are separated from preceding content by a section header.  That is, use:

          ... preceding paragraph.

          Normal Libraries
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          ::

            add_library(<lib> ...)

          This signature is used for ...

       Signatures  of  commands  should wrap optional parts with square brackets, and should mark
       list of optional arguments with an ellipsis (...).  Elements of the  signature  which  are
       specified  by  the user should be specified with angle brackets, and may be referred to in
       prose using inline-literal syntax.

   Style: Boolean Constants
       Use “OFF” and “ON” for boolean  values  which  can  be  modified  by  the  user,  such  as
       POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE. Such properties may be “enabled” and “disabled”. Use “True” and
       “False” for inherent values which can’t be modified after being set, such as the  IMPORTED
       property of a build target.

   Style: Inline Literals
       Mark  up  references to keywords in signatures, file names, and other technical terms with
       inline-literal syntax, for example:

          If ``WIN32`` is used with :command:`add_executable`, the
          :prop_tgt:`WIN32_EXECUTABLE` target property is enabled. That command
          creates the file ``<name>.exe`` on Windows.

   Style: Cross-References
       Mark up linkable references as links, including repeats.  An alternative, which is used by
       wikipedia  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REPEATLINK),  is  to  link to a reference only
       once per article. That style is not used in CMake documentation.

   Style: Referencing CMake Concepts
       If referring to a concept which corresponds to a property, and that concept  is  described
       in  a high-level manual, prefer to link to the manual section instead of the property. For
       example:

          This command creates an :ref:`Imported Target <Imported Targets>`.

       instead of:

          This command creates an :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target.

       The latter should be used only when referring specifically to the property.

       References to manual sections are not automatically created by  creating  a  section,  but
       code such as:

          .. _`Imported Targets`:

       creates a suitable anchor.  Use an anchor name which matches the name of the corresponding
       section.  Refer to the anchor using a cross-reference with specified text.

       Imported Targets need the IMPORTED term marked up with care in particular because the term
       may  refer  to  a  command  keyword (IMPORTED), a target property (IMPORTED), or a concept
       (Imported Targets).

       Where a property, command or variable is related conceptually to others, by  for  example,
       being  related  to the buildsystem description, generator expressions or Qt, each relevant
       property, command or variable should link to the primary manual, which provides high-level
       information.   Only  particular  information  relating  to  the  command  should be in the
       documentation of the command.

   Style: Referencing CMake Domain Objects
       When referring to CMake Domain objects such as properties, variables, commands etc, prefer
       to link to the target object and follow that with the type of object it is.  For example:

          Set the :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` target property to ``ON``.

       Instead of

          Set the target property :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` to ``ON``.

       The policy directive is an exception, and the type us usually referred to before the link:

          If policy :prop_tgt:`CMP0022` is set to ``NEW`` the behavior is ...

       However,  markup  self-references  with  inline-literal  syntax.   For example, within the
       add_executable() command documentation, use

          ``add_executable``

       not

          :command:`add_executable`

       which is used elsewhere.

MODULES

       The Modules directory contains CMake-language .cmake module files.

   Module Documentation
       To       document       CMake       module       Modules/<module-name>.cmake,       modify
       Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst  to  reference  the  module  in  the toctree directive, in
       sorted order, as:

          /module/<module-name>

       Then add the module document file Help/module/<module-name>.rst containing just the line:

          .. cmake-module:: ../../Modules/<module-name>.cmake

       The cmake-module directive will scan the module file to  extract  reStructuredText  markup
       from comment blocks that start in .rst:.  At the top of Modules/<module-name>.cmake, begin
       with the following license notice:

          # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
          # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.

       After this notice, add a BLANK line.  Then, add documentation using a Line  Comment  block
       of the form:

          #.rst:
          # <module-name>
          # -------------
          #
          # <reStructuredText documentation of module>

       or a Bracket Comment of the form:

          #[[.rst:
          <module-name>
          -------------

          <reStructuredText documentation of module>
          #]]

       Any  number  of  =  may be used in the opening and closing brackets as long as they match.
       Content on the line containing the closing bracket is excluded if and  only  if  the  line
       starts in #.

       Additional  such .rst: comments may appear anywhere in the module file.  All such comments
       must start with # in the first column.

       For example, a Modules/Findxxx.cmake module may contain:

          # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
          # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.

          #.rst:
          # FindXxx
          # -------
          #
          # This is a cool module.
          # This module does really cool stuff.
          # It can do even more than you think.
          #
          # It even needs two paragraphs to tell you about it.
          # And it defines the following variables:
          #
          # * VAR_COOL: this is great isn't it?
          # * VAR_REALLY_COOL: cool right?

          <code>

          #[========================================[.rst:
          .. command:: xxx_do_something

           This command does something for Xxx::

            xxx_do_something(some arguments)
          #]========================================]
          macro(xxx_do_something)
            <code>
          endmacro()

       Test the documentation formatting by running cmake --help-module <module-name>,  and  also
       by  enabling  the SPHINX_HTML and SPHINX_MAN options to build the documentation.  Edit the
       comments until generated documentation looks satisfactory.  To have a .cmake file in  this
       directory   NOT   show   up   in   the   modules   documentation,  simply  leave  out  the
       Help/module/<module-name>.rst file and the Help/manual/cmake-modules.7.rst toctree entry.

   Find Modules
       A “find module” is a Modules/Find<package>.cmake file to be loaded by  the  find_package()
       command when invoked for <package>.

       The  primary task of a find module is to determine whether a package exists on the system,
       set the <package>_FOUND variable to reflect this and provide  any  variables,  macros  and
       imported  targets  required to use the package.  A find module is useful in cases where an
       upstream library does not provide a config file package.

       The traditional approach is to use  variables  for  everything,  including  libraries  and
       executables:  see  the  Standard  Variable  Names section below.  This is what most of the
       existing find modules provided by CMake do.

       The more modern approach is to behave as much like config file packages files as possible,
       by  providing  imported  target.   This  has  the  advantage  of  propagating Target Usage
       Requirements to consumers.

       In either case (or even when providing both variables and imported targets), find  modules
       should provide backwards compatibility with old versions that had the same name.

       A FindFoo.cmake module will typically be loaded by the command:

          find_package(Foo [major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]]
                       [EXACT] [QUIET] [REQUIRED]
                       [[COMPONENTS] [components...]]
                       [OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS components...]
                       [NO_POLICY_SCOPE])

       See  the  find_package()  documentation for details on what variables are set for the find
       module.  Most of these are dealt with by using FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.

       Briefly, the module should only  locate  versions  of  the  package  compatible  with  the
       requested  version,  as  described  by  the  Foo_FIND_VERSION  family  of  variables.   If
       Foo_FIND_QUIETLY is set to true, it should avoid  printing  messages,  including  anything
       complaining  about  the package not being found.  If Foo_FIND_REQUIRED is set to true, the
       module should issue a FATAL_ERROR if the package cannot be found.  If neither are  set  to
       true, it should print a non-fatal message if it cannot find the package.

       Packages  that  find  multiple  semi-independent  parts (like bundles of libraries) should
       search for the components listed in Foo_FIND_COMPONENTS if  it  is  set  ,  and  only  set
       Foo_FOUND   to   true  if  for  each  searched-for  component  <c>  that  was  not  found,
       Foo_FIND_REQUIRED_<c>  is  not  set  to   true.    The   HANDLE_COMPONENTS   argument   of
       find_package_handle_standard_args() can be used to implement this.

       If  Foo_FIND_COMPONENTS  is  not set, which modules are searched for and required is up to
       the find module, but should be documented.

       For internal implementation, it is a generally accepted convention that variables starting
       with underscore are for temporary use only.

       Like  all  modules,  find  modules  should be properly documented.  To add a module to the
       CMake documentation, follow the steps in the Module Documentation section above.

   Standard Variable Names
       For a FindXxx.cmake module that takes the approach of setting variables (either instead of
       or  in addition to creating imported targets), the following variable names should be used
       to keep things consistent between find modules.  Note that all variables start  with  Xxx_
       to make sure they do not interfere with other find modules; the same consideration applies
       to macros, functions and imported targets.

       Xxx_INCLUDE_DIRS
              The final set of include directories listed in one variable for use by client code.
              This should not be a cache entry.

       Xxx_LIBRARIES
              The  libraries  to  link against to use Xxx. These should include full paths.  This
              should not be a cache entry.

       Xxx_DEFINITIONS
              Definitions to use when compiling code that uses Xxx. This really shouldn’t include
              options such as -DHAS_JPEG that a client source-code file uses to decide whether to
              #include <jpeg.h>

       Xxx_EXECUTABLE
              Where to find the Xxx tool.

       Xxx_Yyy_EXECUTABLE
              Where to find the Yyy tool that comes with Xxx.

       Xxx_LIBRARY_DIRS
              Optionally, the final set of library directories listed in one variable for use  by
              client code.  This should not be a cache entry.

       Xxx_ROOT_DIR
              Where to find the base directory of Xxx.

       Xxx_VERSION_Yy
              Expect Version Yy if true. Make sure at most one of these is ever true.

       Xxx_WRAP_Yy
              If False, do not try to use the relevant CMake wrapping command.

       Xxx_Yy_FOUND
              If False, optional Yy part of Xxx system is not available.

       Xxx_FOUND
              Set to false, or undefined, if we haven’t found, or don’t want to use Xxx.

       Xxx_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE
              Should  be set by config-files in the case that it has set Xxx_FOUND to FALSE.  The
              contained  message  will  be  printed  by  the  find_package()   command   and   by
              find_package_handle_standard_args() to inform the user about the problem.

       Xxx_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS
              Optionally,  the  runtime  library  search  path for use when running an executable
              linked to shared libraries.  The list should be used by user  code  to  create  the
              PATH on windows or LD_LIBRARY_PATH on UNIX.  This should not be a cache entry.

       Xxx_VERSION
              The  full  version  string  of  the package found, if any.  Note that many existing
              modules provide Xxx_VERSION_STRING instead.

       Xxx_VERSION_MAJOR
              The major version of the package found, if any.

       Xxx_VERSION_MINOR
              The minor version of the package found, if any.

       Xxx_VERSION_PATCH
              The patch version of the package found, if any.

       The following names should not usually be used in CMakeLists.txt files, but are  typically
       cache variables for users to edit and control the behaviour of find modules (like entering
       the path to a library manually)

       Xxx_LIBRARY
              The path of the Xxx library (as used with find_library(), for example).

       Xxx_Yy_LIBRARY
              The path of the Yy library that is part of the Xxx system. It may  or  may  not  be
              required to use Xxx.

       Xxx_INCLUDE_DIR
              Where to find headers for using the Xxx library.

       Xxx_Yy_INCLUDE_DIR
              Where to find headers for using the Yy library of the Xxx system.

       To prevent users being overwhelmed with settings to configure, try to keep as many options
       as possible out of the cache, leaving at least one option which can be used to disable use
       of  the  module,  or locate a not-found library (e.g. Xxx_ROOT_DIR).  For the same reason,
       mark most cache options as advanced.  For packages which provide both  debug  and  release
       binaries,  it is common to create cache variables with a _LIBRARY_<CONFIG> suffix, such as
       Foo_LIBRARY_RELEASE and Foo_LIBRARY_DEBUG.

       While these are the standard variable names, you should  provide  backwards  compatibility
       for any old names that were actually in use.  Make sure you comment them as deprecated, so
       that no-one starts using them.

   A Sample Find Module
       We will describe how to create a simple find module for a library Foo.

       The first thing that is needed is a license notice.

          # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
          # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.

       Next we need module documentation.  CMake’s documentation system requires  you  to  follow
       the  license notice with a blank line and then with a documentation marker and the name of
       the module.  You should follow this with a simple statement of what the module does.

          #.rst:
          # FindFoo
          # -------
          #
          # Finds the Foo library
          #

       More description may be required for some packages.  If there are caveats or other details
       users  of  the module should be aware of, you can add further paragraphs below this.  Then
       you need to document what variables and imported targets are set by the module, such as

          # This will define the following variables::
          #
          #   Foo_FOUND    - True if the system has the Foo library
          #   Foo_VERSION  - The version of the Foo library which was found
          #
          # and the following imported targets::
          #
          #   Foo::Foo   - The Foo library

       If the package provides any macros, they should be listed  here,  but  can  be  documented
       where they are defined.  See the Module Documentation section above for more details.

       Now  the  actual  libraries and so on have to be found.  The code here will obviously vary
       from module to module (dealing with that, after all, is the point of  find  modules),  but
       there tends to be a common pattern for libraries.

       First, we try to use pkg-config to find the library.  Note that we cannot rely on this, as
       it may not be available, but it provides a good starting point.

          find_package(PkgConfig)
          pkg_check_modules(PC_Foo QUIET Foo)

       This should define some variables starting PC_Foo_ that contain the information  from  the
       Foo.pc file.

       Now  we  need  to  find  the  libraries  and  include  files;  we use the information from
       pkg-config to provide hints to CMake about where to look.

          find_path(Foo_INCLUDE_DIR
            NAMES foo.h
            PATHS ${PC_Foo_INCLUDE_DIRS}
            PATH_SUFFIXES Foo
          )
          find_library(Foo_LIBRARY
            NAMES foo
            PATHS ${PC_Foo_LIBRARY_DIRS}
          )

       If you have a good way of getting the version (from a header file, for example),  you  can
       use   that   information  to  set  Foo_VERSION  (although  note  that  find  modules  have
       traditionally used Foo_VERSION_STRING, so you may want to set both).   Otherwise,  attempt
       to use the information from pkg-config

          set(Foo_VERSION ${PC_Foo_VERSION})

       Now we can use FindPackageHandleStandardArgs to do most of the rest of the work for us

          include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
          find_package_handle_standard_args(Foo
            FOUND_VAR Foo_FOUND
            REQUIRED_VARS
              Foo_LIBRARY
              Foo_INCLUDE_DIR
            VERSION_VAR Foo_VERSION
          )

       This  will  check that the REQUIRED_VARS contain values (that do not end in -NOTFOUND) and
       set Foo_FOUND appropriately.  It will also cache those values.  If Foo_VERSION is set, and
       a  required  version  was  passed  to  find_package(), it will check the requested version
       against the one in Foo_VERSION.  It will also print messages as appropriate; note that  if
       the  package  was  found,  it  will  print  the contents of the first required variable to
       indicate where it was found.

       At this point, we have to provide a way for users of  the  find  module  to  link  to  the
       library  or libraries that were found.  There are two approaches, as discussed in the Find
       Modules section above.  The traditional variable approach looks like

          if(Foo_FOUND)
            set(Foo_LIBRARIES ${Foo_LIBRARY})
            set(Foo_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Foo_INCLUDE_DIR})
            set(Foo_DEFINITIONS ${PC_Foo_CFLAGS_OTHER})
          endif()

       If more than one library was found, all of them should be included in these variables (see
       the Standard Variable Names section for more information).

       When  providing  imported  targets,  these  should be namespaced (hence the Foo:: prefix);
       CMake will recognize that values passed to  target_link_libraries()  that  contain  ::  in
       their  name are supposed to be imported targets (rather than just library names), and will
       produce appropriate diagnostic  messages  if  that  target  does  not  exist  (see  policy
       CMP0028).

          if(Foo_FOUND AND NOT TARGET Foo::Foo)
            add_library(Foo::Foo UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
            set_target_properties(Foo::Foo PROPERTIES
              IMPORTED_LOCATION "${Foo_LIBRARY}"
              INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${PC_Foo_CFLAGS_OTHER}"
              INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Foo_INCLUDE_DIR}"
            )
          endif()

       One  thing  to  note  about  this  is  that  the INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES and similar
       properties should only contain information about the target itself, and  not  any  of  its
       dependencies.   Instead,  those  dependencies  should also be targets, and CMake should be
       told that they are dependencies of this target.  CMake will then combine all the necessary
       information automatically.

       The  type  of  the  IMPORTED  target  created  in  the add_library() command can always be
       specified as UNKNOWN type.  This simplifies the code  in  cases  where  static  or  shared
       variants may be found, and CMake will determine the type by inspecting the files.

       If  the  library  is  available  with multiple configurations, the IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS
       target property should also be populated:

          if(Foo_FOUND)
            if (NOT TARGET Foo::Foo)
              add_library(Foo::Foo UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
            endif()
            if (Foo_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
              set_property(TARGET Foo::Foo APPEND PROPERTY
                IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS RELEASE
              )
              set_target_properties(Foo::Foo PROPERTIES
                IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${Foo_LIBRARY_RELEASE}"
              )
            endif()
            if (Foo_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
              set_property(TARGET Foo::Foo APPEND PROPERTY
                IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS DEBUG
              )
              set_target_properties(Foo::Foo PROPERTIES
                IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG "${Foo_LIBRARY_DEBUG}"
              )
            endif()
            set_target_properties(Foo::Foo PROPERTIES
              INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${PC_Foo_CFLAGS_OTHER}"
              INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Foo_INCLUDE_DIR}"
            )
          endif()

       The RELEASE variant should be listed first in the property so that that variant is  chosen
       if   the  user  uses  a  configuration  which  is  not  an  exact  match  for  any  listed
       IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS.

       Most of the cache variables should be hidden in  the  ccmake  interface  unless  the  user
       explicitly asks to edit them.

          mark_as_advanced(
            Foo_INCLUDE_DIR
            Foo_LIBRARY
          )

       If  this module replaces an older version, you should set compatibility variables to cause
       the least disruption possible.

          # compatibility variables
          set(Foo_VERSION_STRING ${Foo_VERSION})

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