[CMake] find_library feature request

[Bill Hoffman]

Christopher Harvey wrote:
> Hello list,
> I was wondering if a better way to handle failed find_library under 
> windows would be to give the user a chance to manually find the package 
> before giving an error. I know the user always has the chance to specify 
> the path afterwards in the GUI, but I think that for users that are new 
> to CMake it may be slightly intimidating to get error messages if 
> find_library fails. I think it would be a good idea to add a new 
> find_library option that would turn on user intervention when find 
> package fails that would pop up a file picker dialog with a custom 
> message like "select the root boost directory, eg. boost_1_26". I think 
> this would be most helpful under windows when running in the gui dialog.


I would prefer to use the gui.  That is exactly what it is for.  The 
project should be able to customize warnings and give proper instruction 
to the user.  I don't want the command line cmake to pop anything up on 
windows or any os.

-Bill