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authorl10n daemon script <scripty@kde.org>2015-11-08 21:01:33 +0000
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============
The Extra CMake Modules package, or ECM, adds to the modules provided by CMake,
-including both ones used by ``find_package()`` to find common software and ones
-that can be used directly in ``CMakeLists.txt`` files to perform common tasks.
+including ones used by ``find_package()`` to find common software, ones that
+can be used directly in ``CMakeLists.txt`` files to perform common tasks and
+toolchain files that must be specified on the commandline by the user.
In addition, it provides common build settings used in software produced by the
KDE community.
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ some of the settings. Some of the functionality of
Organization
------------
-ECM provides three different types of modules.
+ECM provides four different types of modules.
* Core modules provide helpful macros for use in project CMake scripts.
See :manual:`ecm-modules(7)` for more information.
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ ECM provides three different types of modules.
* KDE modules provide common settings for software produced by KDE; much of this
may also be useful to other projects. See :manual:`ecm-kde-modules(7)` for
more information.
+* Toolchain files change the build tools and targets used by CMake. See
+ :manual:`ecm-toolchains(7)` for more information.
The ``${ECM_MODULE_DIR}``, ``${ECM_FIND_MODULE_DIR}`` and
``${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR}`` variables may be used instead of