Hi Alexander, all, here is a WIP patch https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/merge_requests/2017
Any advise, help on how to improve this is welcome. Alexis. On Tue, 2018-04-03 at 22:00 +0200, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > On 2018 M04 3, Tue 16:01:58 CEST jeandet wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Reading the documentation I can see: > > https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.11/manual/cmake.1.html?highlight=fi > > nd%2 > > 0package#find-package-tool-mode id="-x-evo-selection-start-marker"> > > " > > Note > > > > This mode is not well-supported due to some technical limitations. > > It > > is kept for compatibility but should not be used in new projects. > > " > > > > Does this means that: > > 1) We will always support this but it's limited. > > 2) We will be supported for a long time, but you shouldn't use > > it. > > 3) We plan to remove this soon, don't use this! > > I think it's in 2). > > > In fact this mode would really be useful outside of CMake, to use > > libraries/stuff which doesn't provide pc files but only CMake > > packages. > > Even if this has limitations, it's better than nothing. > > Yes, that was my motivation a few years back. > There is even a cmake.m4 which adds a cmake_find_package macro for > configure. > > Since then, there was close to no feedback. > I also can't remember any volunteer contributions for this feature. > Currently it has more limitations than it had 7 or 8 years ago or so. > > The idea was to run cmake in script mode, and basically just execute > the > requested FindFoo.cmake script, which basically searches a set of > directories > and returns the results. > With imported targets, their link interfaces and e.g. generator > expressions > things got more complicated. > > I'd be happy if somebody picks up the work and makes this feature > work > properly. > > Alex > -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
