[cmake-developers] [PATCH] FindGLEW: Add hinting variable GLEW_ROOT

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Mon Nov 23 14:43:53 EST 2015


On 11/22/2015 08:53 AM, Christoph Grüninger wrote:
> please find attached a small patch that introduces the hinting variable
> GLEW_ROOT to FindGLEW.cmake.

Thanks.  However, generally we don't need project-specific _ROOT
variables.  The CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH variable allows users to add
custom prefixes without a per-package _ROOT variable.  The _ROOT
variables we have in some find modules now are either historical
or a special case.

-Brad



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