Help/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_ORDER.rst
.. versionadded:: 3.7
.. versionchanged:: 4.2
The default sort order has changed from NONE to NATURAL.
The default order for sorting directories which match a search path containing
a glob expression found using :command:find_package. It can assume one of
the following values:
NONE
No attempt is done to sort directories.
The first valid package found will be selected.
NAME
Sort directories lexicographically before searching.
NATURAL
Default. Sort directories using natural order (see strverscmp(3) manual),
i.e. such that contiguous digits are compared as whole numbers.
Natural sorting is employed by default to return the highest version when
multiple versions of the same library are available to be found by
:command:find_package. For example suppose that the following libraries have
package configuration files on disk, in a directory of the same name, with all
such directories residing in the same parent directory:
libX-1.1.0libX-1.2.9libX-1.2.10The default order of NATURAL will select the one with the highest version
number, i.e. libX-1.2.10.
The sort direction can be controlled using the
:variable:CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_DIRECTION variable (by default descending,
i.e. libX-1.2 will be tested before libX-1.0 and lib-B will be
tested before lib-A).