[CMake] Feature Request: Additional directory for customized/private

[Michael Jackson]

	• CMAKE_MODULE_PATH: Path to look for cmake modules to load.
Specifies a path to override the default seach path for CMake modules.  
For example include commands will look in this path first for modules  
to include.



Example follows

# Prepend my own path to look for modules.

set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH MyOwnPath ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio



On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Dominique Belhachemi wrote:

> Dear CMake Developers,
>
> This is a feature request: Additional directory for customized/ 
> private CMake modules.
>
> It is very convenient that CMake comes with a lot of preconfigured  
> modules per default. There are a lot of usable modules in CMake's  
> standard module directory like:
>
> :/usr/share/cmake-2.6/Modules$ ls Find*
> FindAVIFile.cmake                    FindosgGA.cmake
> FindBLAS.cmake                       FindosgIntrospection.cmake
> FindBoost.cmake                      FindosgManipulator.cmake
> FindBZip2.cmake                      FindosgParticle.cmake
> FindCABLE.cmake                      FindosgProducer.cmake
> FindCups.cmake                       FindosgShadow.cmake
>
>
> But sometimes it is necessary to add or override these Modules.
>
> Adding a customized module to CMake's standard module directory is  
> possible, but I see a problem if CMake delivers an own version of  
> this modulein an updated package.
> Overriding a customized module in CMake's standard module directory  
> is more tricky. If I want to switch between my customized module and  
> CMake's
> module I have to backup files to do that. This is a source of a lot  
> of errors.
>
> Is it possible that you add an additional directory for customized  
> modules where CMake is looking for modules? Modules in this  
> directory should be
> treated with a higher priority than Modules in CMake's standard  
> module directory.
>
> Best
> Dominique
>
>
>
>
>
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