[CMake] Finder repository

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Monday 26 May 2008, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
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> CMake needs a better integration with other systems of finding such
> definitions, IMHO. On good thing would be to make pkg-config usage
> absolutely transparent,

First comment: pkg-config sucks (it prints unstructured, toolchain dependent 
information on stdout)

Second comment: pkg-config is not widespread outside of Linux (and maybe *BSD, 
don't know), so find modules should works also without pkgconfig

Third comment: I think much better than the somewhat complicated 
FindPkgConfig.cmake would be a real cmake command which parses the pkgconfig 
files directly. This would be faster and it would be easier to get the 
information.

 
> maybe even .la from libtool. 

Hmm, no, they should die.

> That would make many find modules obsolete.

Let's say, it would make them simpler, some simple wrapping would still be 
needed.

Alex