[cmake-developers] FindDoxygen is doing find_package() when it is included

[Robert Dailey]

Apologies for the confusion and spam: I figured out that when you do a
find_package(), it also implicitly includes the contents of that
module into your list file so you can access its functions. I was
under the impression I had to include FindDoxygen.cmake explicitly to
access the functions it provides.

I'm guessing this is supported behavior. If so, I'll rely on it.

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually confused myself a bit... I think the issue is not that
> finding happens when including it, but that doxygen_add_docs() is
> bundled with the find module. What is the intended usage of this? If I
> do find_package() will that also make doxygen_add_docs() available? Or
> do I have to explicitly include FindDoxygen to get access to the
> function?
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When I do this:
>>
>>
>> message( "blah1" )
>> include( FindDoxygen )
>>
>> message( "blah2" )
>> find_package( Doxygen 1.8.6 OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS dot )
>> message( "blah3" )
>>
>>
>> I get this output:
>>
>>
>> blah1
>> -- Found Doxygen: C:/Program Files/doxygen/bin/doxygen.exe (found
>> version "1.8.13") found components:  doxygen missing components:  dot
>> blah2
>> -- Found Doxygen: C:/Program Files/doxygen/bin/doxygen.exe (found
>> suitable version "1.8.13", minimum required is "1.8.6") found
>> components:  doxygen missing components:  dot
>> blah3
>>
>>
>> Two questions:
>>
>> 1. Why is find_package() happening automatically when I include the
>> find module? This is contrary to the behavior of other find modules. I
>> do not want it to find doxygen for me, as I have some minimum version
>> requirements and I do not want it to find dot. How can I disable this
>> implied search behavior?
>>
>> 2. Each time I run my scripts, it keeps searching for doxygen. Even
>> though I've specified dot as an optional component. I do not want it
>> to keep searching for doxygen each time I generate. It should find it
>> once and be done. How can I fix this behavior?