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CMP0125
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.. versionadded:: 3.21
The :command:`find_file`, :command:`find_path`, :command:`find_library` and
:command:`find_program` commands cache their result in the variable specified
by their first argument. Prior to CMake 3.21, if a cache variable of that
name already existed before the call but the cache variable had no type, any
non-cache variable of the same name would be discarded and the cache variable
was always used (see also :policy:`CMP0126` for a different but similar
behavior). This contradicts the convention that a non-cache variable should
take precedence over a cache variable of the same name. Such a situation can
arise if a user sets a cache variable on the command line without specifying
a type, such as ``cmake -DMYVAR=blah ...`` instead of
``cmake -DMYVAR:FILEPATH=blah``.
Related to the above, if a cache variable of the specified name already exists
and it *does* have a type, the various ``find_...()`` commands would return
that value unchanged. In particular, if it contained a relative path, it
would not be converted to an absolute path in this situation.
When policy ``CMP0125`` is set to ``OLD`` or is unset, the behavior is as
described above. When it is set to ``NEW``, the behavior is as follows:
* If a non-cache variable of the specified name exists when the ``find_...()``
command is called, its value will be used regardless of whether a cache
variable of the same name already exists or not. A cache variable will not
be created in this case if no such cache variable existed before.
If a cache variable of the specified name did already exist, the cache will
be updated to match the non-cache variable.
* The various ``find...()`` commands will always provide an absolute path in
the result variable, except where a relative path provided by a cache or
non-cache variable cannot be resolved to an existing path.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.21. Use the
:command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly.
Unlike many policies, CMake version |release| does *not* warn when the policy
is not set and simply uses ``OLD`` behavior.
.. include:: DEPRECATED.txt
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