Why not provide a pkg-config .pc file that can be used by your users? The syntax of .pc files is quite simple and your user can use pkg_check_module once the .pc is installed (or even use some some other build system that knows how to handle pkg-config, like autotools).
Cheers, Ionutz On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Pablo Yanez Trujillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I'm reading > http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:find_package for > the usage of FIND_PACKAGE, but > I'm not interested in using the FIND_PACKAGE command but to write a Module so > that anybody is able to use > FIND_PACKAGE(myLib ...). > > I don't really unterstand what exactly is done by FIND_PACKAGE. The docu > states that FIND_PACKAGES searches for > FindmyLib.cmake and executes it. If the package is found then the variables > myLib_FOUND is set. But who sets this > variable? FIND_PACKAGE or FindmyLib.cmake? And how does FIND_PACKAGE know > that a package was not found? > > My second question is: > the simple signature is of FIND_PACKAGE is > find_package(<package> [version] [EXACT] [QUIET] > [[REQUIRED|COMPONENTS] [components...]]) > > How does FindmyLib.cmake get the version argument of the FIND_PACKAGE call? > > What is really the difference between FindmyLib.cmake and myLibConfig.cmake? > When should I write the first one and when > the second one? Or should I always write both? > > Thanks > > Pablo > > - -- > Pablo Yanez Trujillo > http://klingsor.informatik.uni-freiburg.de > My public key: http://klingsor.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/gpg/supertux.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkqz6oACgkQDzf8xo+0xRVq0gCgptCb+qTUa7/4tgk60Iy1jfEc > pNMAoIx3S4WF3B1UPBmjnlyx1JgzcEeH > =8UHN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CMake mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list [email protected] http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
