[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015805]: pkg_get_variable from FindPkgConfig should honour search path from CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15805 
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Reported By:                Sam Thursfield
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15805
Category:                   Modules
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-10-20 17:18 EDT
Last Modified:              2015-10-20 17:18 EDT
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Summary:                    pkg_get_variable from FindPkgConfig should honour
search path from CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
Description: 
The pkg_get_variable function from FindPkgConfig.cmake that is added in CMake
3.4.0 is really useful! However, it needs to honour the same search path as
pkg_check_modules, otherwise it doesn't work when packages are not installed in
standard prefixes

Steps to Reproduce: 
Use attached test case

Expected output:

Magic word is: xyzzy

Actual output:

Package cmake-pkgconfig-test was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `cmake-pkgconfig-test.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'cmake-pkgconfig-test' found
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:15 (message):
  Did not pick up magic_word variable from cmake-pkgconfig-test.pc


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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-10-20 17:18 Sam Thursfield New Issue                                    
2015-10-20 17:18 Sam Thursfield File Added: cmake-pkg-get-variable-testcase.sh  
                 
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