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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f1116bb62 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE +--------------------------------- + +Tell :command:`find_package` to warn if called without an explicit mode. + +If :command:`find_package` is called without an explicit mode option +(``MODULE``, ``CONFIG``, or ``NO_MODULE``) and no ``Find<pkg>.cmake`` module +is in :variable:`CMAKE_MODULE_PATH` then CMake implicitly assumes that the +caller intends to search for a package configuration file. If no package +configuration file is found then the wording of the failure message +must account for both the case that the package is really missing and +the case that the project has a bug and failed to provide the intended +Find module. If instead the caller specifies an explicit mode option +then the failure message can be more specific. + +Set ``CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE`` to ``TRUE`` to tell +:command:`find_package` to warn when it implicitly assumes Config mode. This +helps developers enforce use of an explicit mode in all calls to +:command:`find_package` within a project. |