[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014337]: CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is ignored in CMake 2.8.9, works for CMake 2.8.7

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14337 
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Reported By:                Boulougou
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14337
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-08-03 12:30 EDT
Last Modified:              2013-08-03 12:30 EDT
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Summary:                    CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH is ignored in CMake 2.8.9,
works for CMake 2.8.7
Description: 
I recently checked out my project on an Ubuntu 12.10 installation that has CMake
2.8.9. Until now I was working on a machine with older cmake version(CMake
2.8.7)

I have a toolchain file for cross compilation that sets CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
variable. And I have several FindXXXX() in my scripts that search for installed
libraries.

However when I run cmake(on the new machine) it complains that it cannot find
the library(openal specifically). Adding a message(${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH}) at
top of cmake-2.8/Modules/FindOpenAL.cmake reveals that CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH has
the correct value.

I downloaded the latest version(cmake-2.8.11.2-Linux-i386.tar.gz) and it has the
same behavior.
I tried with cmake-2.8.7-Linux-i386.tar.gz and it worked. Exactly the same
toolchain file, same CMakeLists.txt files, just different cmake binary.

I checked documentation and I didn't any major difference between CMake 2.8.7
and CMake 2.8.9.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-08-03 12:30 Boulougou      New Issue                                    
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