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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2018-10-13 17:44:18 +1100
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-10-15 10:14:51 -0400
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FindPkgConfig: Document support for > and < operators
This was left out of commit v3.13.0-rc1~14^2 (FindPkgConfig: support also > and < operators for version compares, 2018-10-02).
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@@ -540,12 +540,15 @@ endmacro()
:command:`target_link_libraries`. The ``GLOBAL`` argument will make the
imported target available in global scope.
- Each ``<moduleSpec>`` must be in one of the following formats::
-
- {moduleName} ... matches any version
- {moduleName}>={version} ... at least version <version> is required
- {moduleName}={version} ... exactly version <version> is required
- {moduleName}<={version} ... modules must not be newer than <version>
+ Each ``<moduleSpec>`` can be either a bare module name or it can be a
+ module name with a version constraint (operators ``=``, ``<``, ``>``,
+ ``<=`` and ``>=`` are supported). The following are examples for a module
+ named ``foo`` with various constraints::
+
+ foo # Any version matches
+ foo<2 # Only match versions before 2
+ foo>=3.1 # Match any version from 3.1 or later
+ foo=1.2.3 # Foo must be exactly version 1.2.3
The following variables may be set upon return. Two sets of values exist,
one for the common case (``<XXX> = <prefix>``) and another for the