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find_package: Clarify CPS search priority

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When using `find_package()` in config mode, as of CMake 4.3, first the
CPS files are searched and then config files.
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Peter Kokot
2026-03-18 13:07:14 +01:00
committed by Brad King
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@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ The command has a few modes by which it searches for packages:
**Config mode**
In this mode, CMake searches for a file matching any of:
* ``<lowercasePackageName>-config.cmake``
* ``<PackageName>Config.cmake``
* ``<PackageName>.cps``
* ``<lowercasePackageName>.cps``
* ``<lowercasePackageName>-config.cmake``
* ``<PackageName>Config.cmake``
If one of the first two is found, CMake will also look respectively, for
If one of the latter two is found, CMake will also look respectively, for
``<lowercasePackageName>-config-version.cmake`` or
``<PackageName>ConfigVersion.cmake`` if version details were specified
(see :ref:`version selection` for an explanation of how these separate
version files are used). The first two options are CMake-script package
descriptions. The latter two are |CPS|_ (CPS) package descriptions, which
version files are used). The latter two options are CMake-script package
descriptions. The first two are |CPS|_ (CPS) package descriptions, which
are more portable and include version information in the 'base' file. Aside
from any explicitly noted exceptions, any references to "config files",
"config mode", "package configuration files", and so forth refer equally to